Charlzz (Dec 26 2024 at 15:49): Charlzz (Dec 26 2024 at 15:49):I tried following the steps to install Roc here:
https://www.roc-lang.org/install/macos_apple_silicon.
When I tried typing "roc version", it couldn't find roc at all.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I can provide more details if someone has ideas on what could have gone wrong.
Sam Mohr (Dec 26 2024 at 15:53):Can you post the path to the Roc executable?
Sam Mohr (Dec 26 2024 at 15:53):And then post the part of your PATH that would point to it?
Charlzz (Dec 26 2024 at 17:54):OK I realized I thought roc would be installed in a standard location rather than in the directory that the gz file expanded to. I manually added that path and had to brew install one other package for some library that was needed. I assume, at some point, it would be brew install roc, but we're not there yet?
Anthony Bullard (Dec 26 2024 at 18:16):We are quite a ways from that
Anthony Bullard (Dec 26 2024 at 18:16):But I agree with we should have a script to install to some standard location
Anthony Bullard (Dec 26 2024 at 18:18):Probably $HOME/.local/bin
Charlzz (Dec 26 2024 at 18:21):All is good though. I was briefly looking at Gleam, but unlike Python, it had a bit of scaffolding even for a simple Hello, World program. It's nice to write short programs without needing extra directories. For a web setup, fine. It looks like Roc can be compiled and presumably run in an interpreted mode (like Python by default)?
Anthony Bullard (Dec 26 2024 at 18:23):In a way yes. A roc file can just be run and built. It can even be run as a script with the appropriate shebang
Anton (Dec 27 2024 at 14:56):Anthony's message is correct but Roc is always compiled to assembly, not interpreted
Anthony Bullard (Dec 27 2024 at 15:00):That's a good clarification Anton
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