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		hu3 21 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go is portable, until it isn't No language is going to do that for you. And I don't think Go promissed otherwise. Perhaps it's about managing expectations.

thomashabets2 18 hours ago [–]

I mean… my whole blog post is about how autotools does that easily, and Go does not.

"Language", no. But Go's build comments are not really part of the language proper.

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