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what does pip do to not suck (at least compared to luarocks? (programming.dev)
submitted 5 days ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/lua@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/29371357

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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[–] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

There is so many scripts and programs I would have written in lua if this thing worked properly.