Exactly why I don't use it. I don't really feel like including the source for the entire toolchain as part of my project and building it all myself. At least if I write standards conforming C++ there are multiple compiler implementations that can all handle it. I also have a reasonable expectation that a few decades from now I will be able to `apt get somecompiler` and the code will still just work (aside from any API changes at the OS level, for which compatibility shims will almost certainly exist).
If I can't build something starting from a repo in a network isolated environment then I want absolutely nothing to do with it. (Emscripten I am looking at you. I will not be downloading sketchy binary blobs from cloud storage to "build from source" that is not a source build that is binary distribution you liars.)
> Dependency soup.
Exactly why I don't use it. I don't really feel like including the source for the entire toolchain as part of my project and building it all myself. At least if I write standards conforming C++ there are multiple compiler implementations that can all handle it. I also have a reasonable expectation that a few decades from now I will be able to `apt get somecompiler` and the code will still just work (aside from any API changes at the OS level, for which compatibility shims will almost certainly exist).
If I can't build something starting from a repo in a network isolated environment then I want absolutely nothing to do with it. (Emscripten I am looking at you. I will not be downloading sketchy binary blobs from cloud storage to "build from source" that is not a source build that is binary distribution you liars.)