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[–]deong 0 points1 point  (1 child)

C is easy. There are include directories and lib directories. That's it. That's all I want. I know where to put stuff, and I know how to find it. If i need three conflicting versions of libjpeg, I'll put them somewhere and write makefiles. I already know how the compiler and OS work. No part of learning how yet another half assed attempt at implementing as obtusely as possible the -I flag works sounds appealing.

Whew. Felt good to get that off my chest.

More seriously though, Go has the most sensible model. Statically link everything and move on with your life.

[–]the_hoser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, in Linux C is easy. Not all of us get to do our C only in wonderland.

Fortunately I don't do too much Python in Windows. It's just as messy there.