Why do you need gcc to compile a Python program? Which project do you talk about? In such cases its probably the best to run the application in a virtual machine. To me sounds like either a neglected project or designed to run in a docker image maybe? When was it updated last?

replying to boost the boost

Thanks. I take it.

Right, my bad. You are absolutely right to mention that.

You are talking about the compiler, not the language itself. Humans program in programming languages such as JavaScript and C to write computer programs. The code is human readable text in both cases. Both are code to describe how a program operates. Therefore C and JavaScript are programming languages.

With your logic, is Python not a programming language? The common compiler is an interpreter. But there are also real compilers that produce machine code. What about C# and Dotnet langauges and Java? They produce Bytecode that needs to be interpreted by an interpreter and executed at runtime, as these are not machine code yet. Are those not programming languages?

Which one? Hahahahaha.

Nice one.

HTML is not a scripting language, it is a markup language to describe text and give it meaning. You can’t write programs in HTML itself.

Why is a scripting language not a programming language? I am not sure if you are joking (would be fitting to be honest, but ask nonetheless in case it is serious). JavaScript is a programming language, and scripting is a sub category or type of it. The language itself does not define if its a scripting language, this is defined by the compiler.

What about compilers that compile to C first and then machine code / self running executable? I think this is how some Python compilers work (no I am not talking about bundles). What about C# and Dotnet? Java Bytcode?

Isn’t JavaScript is the worst programming language to ever exist.

I can’t answer your question in the title, but I can say what I do whenever I learn a new programming language (even if its temporary just to play around with new languages). My personal Hello-World like program I tackle in most cases is something that runs another program. Lot of my personal projects are actually like that. You can start simple, to learn how to do associated tasks with it. There is a lot you can learn by diving into this (first) simple exercise.

This will help you understanding how to read directories, handle file names and paths correctly, read text files in example, how to spawn a process, handle possible errors and react to error codes, possibly read and process stdout of the program. Also handle commandline options, output stdout so it can be used with other programs easily. Write configuration file and so on.

An alternative thing you can try is, doing a simple grep like program. Or maybe a simple game that asks you a few questions and gives points. Or a note taking app.

I would say that if you purchase the game, then I do not consider it pirating to crack the Denuvo, just for playing the game (without abusing anything). Although I can understand pirating without buying, because you don’t want to reward Denuvo and the company using it.

Glad we understood our points of view. I honestly didn’t know how to express myself better. And thank you as well staying calm without the typical forum toxicity. :-) I guess there is not much else to discuss about this particular point anymore, as we cleared any prior misunderstandings up.

Ultimately, the law is there, the execution is not.

It’s not the copyright that is broken, but its enforcement. And just because people violate copyright does not mean it is not meant for you as well. Just with any other law. Just because someone breaks the law, does not mean it was not meant for you as well. The copyright is there for you too. That is the purpose.

Does swapping the Proton version still causes issues for Denuvo? I mean if changing the Proton version can lock me out of the game, I’m not sure if I want pay and reward both companies for that.

Denuvo on this game was cracked before launch! https://www.thegamer.com/pragmata-capcom-cracked-hypervisor/

Thanks. Ah goddamnit, I was on that page already, but overlooked that as I did not recognize the name while quick scanning many pages. So after researching a bit more, I come to the conclusion that JeOS itself is a main distribution that is not based on another, right?

I know they do this. But it does not change the fact that copyright is for the small guy AND for the big guys.

What exactly do you mean?

It’s also for the small guy, so the big guy does not steal your ideas and use it without compensation.

You are right! https://rocknix.org/

ROCKNIX is an immutable Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices focused on retro gaming emulation.

However I could not find on what it is based on.