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		TeMPOraL on Oct 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Rambler – A simple and language-independe... Wait, doesn't Go require you to install a Go runtime?

aikah on Oct 27, 2016 [–]

The point is you can release binaries for every plateform thanks to cross-compilation, no need to install Go on your machine. And no need to install a runtime no, the runtime is embedded into the binary.

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