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what does pip do to not suck? (programming.dev)
submitted 12 hours ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/python@programming.dev
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I've been trying to get luarocks to work on windows, and all it gives is cryptic gcc errors.

How does pip manage to work on most platforms without issues?

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[-] sus@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I think this is talking about basic functionality, eg. can you do basic stuff with a clean install without everything immediately breaking

There's a lot of programming tools that are primarily developed for and on linux, and "windows support" is an afterthought which will result in linux being a very frictionless experience but windows being a minefield of problems and requiring careful manual setup

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