Can someone explain this to me like I'm a 31 year old?

mikewarot · on Feb 26, 2021

I've been programming since before you were born... and this is the most impressive hacking feat I've ever seen.

A single executable, that doubles as a valid ZIP file, that you can put a complete website into, also doubles as a valid executable on Windows, Mac, Linux.

The build infrastructure is a complete reworking of C to make it far more portable than even K&R thought possible.

I probably wouldn't have believed it possible, but here it is!

drran · on Feb 27, 2021

Multi OS/arch executables exists for decades. They were called fat-binaries[0]. Old trick is new again.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_binary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_binary

Wowfunhappy · on Feb 28, 2021

But compared to what jart has done, those were effectively cheating. ;) They just smooshed multiple binaries into a single file.

apitman · on Feb 26, 2021

Thanks!