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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:40:48 +0200
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On 06/19/2013 04:32 PM, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> By "single executable" I mean something that was linked together by a tool (linker) that can check the consistency on the way.
>
> Note, for example, that Java's "war" files do not count: indeed, they are single files, but they are just archives of whatever inconsistent mess was given to the archiver and it is only when you run the system that you can see all those ClassDefNotFoundException, NoSuchFunctionException and OhMyGodTheXMLConfigFilesDoNotMatchMyClassesException, etc. After spending countless hours fixing this kind of deployment mess the comfort of working with AWS looks like a real game-changer. :-)
>


You are of course right. When I wrote it I had Haskell in mind, which
also grants you some order of consistency and "protection".

Java wasn't even on my radar, since I've been lucky enough to never work
with it.  :D

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