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		ben0x539 on May 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust: A Critical Retrospective It's not so much script vs binary, but once everybody downloads a file they can compare them to make sure they're getting the same file.

IshKebab on May 20, 2022 [–]

You can download the script using curl and then inspect it and run it if you really want?

ben0x539 on May 21, 2022 | [–]

And then we get to what I was trying to state in my original post.

I don't have a strong opinion that it's good or bad practice, I just thought it was a clever thing to do about it.

Edit: I think I was thinking of https://qht.co/item?id=17636032 / https://www.idontplaydarts.com/2016/04/detecting-curl-pipe-b.... Wow, it's been a while.

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