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minus-squarechi-chan~@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down10·5 months ago‘On my machine it works’ is not a strong argument, and is highly unlikely, due to the language it was written in. Pacman is written in C, APT in C++, DNF in Python, and Zypper in C++ as well. So, no. Pacman ‘wins’. What truly matters is which tool is best suited for your use case.
minus-squaresorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoTrust me my friend, a person can make a c program that’s much, much slower than one in python. That’s a meaningless point. Sure, c allows for more control and thus the possibility for a quicker program but that’s just it, a possibility. Zipper, though written in c++, can only download one thing at a time. This is why it’s so slow
‘On my machine it works’ is not a strong argument, and is highly unlikely, due to the language it was written in.
Pacman is written in C, APT in C++, DNF in Python, and Zypper in C++ as well.
So, no. Pacman ‘wins’.
What truly matters is which tool is best suited for your use case.
Trust me my friend, a person can make a c program that’s much, much slower than one in python. That’s a meaningless point.
Sure, c allows for more control and thus the possibility for a quicker program but that’s just it, a possibility.
Zipper, though written in c++, can only download one thing at a time. This is why it’s so slow