I was curious how large these static binaries would be since the last announcement. Being honest, 100MB is quite a bit larger than I was expecting. Probably fine for CI business apps and such, but kinda rules out a lot of linux util type things.
by yjftsjthsd-h
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Similar to chroot, I wonder if flatpak is a good option? Obviously native is better but I know that that works because that's how I've run Steam on Alpine
by neonsunset
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Hmm, so it includes the entirety of Swift's standard library? Isn't there an option to tree shake/trim it? That's what .NET AOT compilation does (standard library is always included, sans the dependency on glibc or musl, which you can statically link into the binary as well should you need that)
by xvilka
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There's no reason to use Swift outside of the Apple platform. Rust is much better option and more cross-platform. And they work hard on reducing the binary size as well.
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by bsaul
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Side question: what’s the status of android compilation target with swift 6 ?
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