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