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413 points · 119 comments · jpwalsh234

  1. einpoklum · · focus · HN ↗
    If this were implemented in a language with fewer dependencies, it'd be great.
    1. jpwalsh234 · · focus · HN ↗
      Reladraw has no runtime dependencies and Typescript is only needed to build it. If you mean Node, though, that's fair!
      1. jeremycarter · · focus · HN ↗
        Maybe a couple of binaries? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;vercel-labs&#x2F;scriptc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;vercel-labs&#x2F;scriptc
        1. jpwalsh234 · · focus · HN ↗
          Oh wow. Let me give that a try. I was going to try bun or Deno, but your suggestion might result in much smaller binaries.
        2. jpwalsh234 · · focus · HN ↗
          I tried scriptc. Unfortunately, it doesn&#x27;t work with this code at present (e.g., maps keyed by object and a number of various things). However, thanks for suggesting it. I have a note to revisit at some point.

          Another option that appears to work well is to use Deno. I tried on my machine and it worked great. Only downside is the executable size is beefy. Could be about 70-105MB, or roughly 30MB compressed.

          I don&#x27;t know if that still sounds attractive? A 30MB download from Github, and then uncompressed to 100MB, and no other dependencies? (Most of it would be the Deno runtime, with only about 300KB being Reladraw)

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