> Is a c compiler not a large dependency and a maintenance burden?
Not in my experience, unless you feel that 577KB is a large dependency.
For size, ship TinyCC(100kb, also available as a `libcc.so` or `libcc.dll`) and a small stdlib (377kb for musl) with your app and you're done.
For the maintenance issue, it's not different from depending on any other library, except that TinyCC and/or Musl are incredibly more mature than any other library you are bound to use (with the exception of SQLite).
Not in my experience, unless you feel that 577KB is a large dependency.
For size, ship TinyCC(100kb, also available as a `libcc.so` or `libcc.dll`) and a small stdlib (377kb for musl) with your app and you're done.
For the maintenance issue, it's not different from depending on any other library, except that TinyCC and/or Musl are incredibly more mature than any other library you are bound to use (with the exception of SQLite).