> This means that large parts of what used to be included in the compiler executable are now shipped in source form instead, including:

For some strange reason now it became fashionable to treat compiled languages as if they were scripting languages.

Go did the same a few releases ago.

Just ship a JIT as well, if the goal is to have each user compile the code.

Submissions (from 3rd party sources) on Dlang, Vlang, or other language will "magically disappear", but posts on Zig that come straight from the source are fully HN approved and constantly churned out (almost daily) as if from a marketing propaganda factory.