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Originally posted by Kaimetsu
So you dudes are telling me that Gentoo users have to compile all their own software? That seems pretty weird... Surely it compiles into an executable, so why not just distribute that?
Also: Programs can be made that can be successfully compiled on multiple platforms/operating systems. Graal, however, is a little more OS-specific. Most games have lots of code that interacts with a specific Windows API (opening Windows, sending network messages etc), and they'll need some degree of modification if they're to compile on other platforms.
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well, you don't
have to compile everything, but it can customize each package (automatically in some cases) to your specifications, which can make a big difference in performance depending on hardware and other things
it's not so much for OS-specific customizing as it is for optimization etc.