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> I'd be curious to learn why Cargo re-compiles from scratch instead of offering pre-compiled binaries as well. I guess part of it is related to different target platforms

There’s that but there’s also issues like ABI stability (and the lack thereof), compilation flags, hosting (infrastructure and its cost), distribution mechanisms, …

There’s an issue on cargo dating back to 2015 (#1139) but there’s a lot of efforts needed to think about the problem, then actually solve it.




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