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Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time

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203 points dahlia | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bschwindHN ◴[07 Sep 25 09:25 UTC] No.45156696[source]▶
Rust with Clap solved this forever ago.

Also - don't write CLI programs in languages that don't compile to native binaries. I don't want to have to drag around your runtime just to execute a command line tool.

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1. jampekka ◴[07 Sep 25 19:02 UTC] No.45161166[source]▶
> Also - don't write CLI programs in languages that don't compile to native binaries. I don't want to have to drag around your runtime just to execute a command line tool.

And don't write programs with languages that depend on CMake and random tarballs to build and/or shared libraries to run.

I usually have a lot less issues with dragging a runtime than fighting with builds.