Ahh...yes...new "code-free" framework

"cross-platform" exe

lists windows, windows, and windows disguised as wine

Wine is a great emulator.
- Wine Is Not an Emulator.
They could have used Cosmopolitan!
Fun fact: The Windows executable format is originally based on an old Unix executable format.

Haha if im not mistaken this might be about that guy saying wtf github why no exe? I’m sure someone has the link.

I am new to GitHub and I have lots to say

I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE FUCKING CODE! i just want to download this stupid fucking application and use it https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock#installation

WHY IS THERE CODE??? MAKE A FUCKING .EXE FILE AND GIVE IT TO ME. these dumbfucks think that everyone is a developer and understands code. well i am not and i don't understand it. I only know to download and install applications. SO WHY THE FUCK IS THERE CODE? make an EXE file and give it to me. STUPID FUCKING SMELLY NERDS

https://old.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to_github_and_i_have_lots_to_say/
- Looking at the history of that user, that's either a 12 year old or a grade D troll.
  
  Let's remember how relatively nice Lemmy is right now..
- Not much more cringe is there than redditors responding to every post literally.
- This highlights how [1] compiling on windows and configuring a compiler and settings is a PITA and [2] Windows has no package manager.
  
  Yes, yes, we understand. Maybe cry and beg daddy Windows harder and maybe they will be kind enough to condescend... I mean probably not.
  
  Maybe if he White Knights and SIMPs harder Sempai will notice him.
- This physically hurt me.
  
  Who can I sue? Any lawyers in the chat?

...I'm confused unless this is just a fake joke image. Is there really a Microsoft page dedicated to .exe like this? A quick Google only returned non-MS results for me and I can't be bothered to look beyond that.

Also, what is there to even download for this? Just a link to Visual Studio to compile your own executables...?

Some dude was ranting somewhere recently about GitHub and "I just want the damn exe, not a bunch of stupid code". It became a bit of a meme.
- Ahh, I was out of the loop on that meme, hah. Thanks for explaining!
- @bassomitron@lemmy.world
  
  I can't blame him. I recently tried to compile a rust app from github. I did not realize that cargo was pulling a GIGABYTE of data on my bandwidth-restricted connection until it was done. Then it wouldn't compile due to version mismatch. So I tried to update the rust version and that started throwing errors. The last thing I am doing is wasting my time troubleshooting such a crappy toolchain. If I have to play inspector gadget just to install the compiler and libraries to compile a small program, you can forget it. Cargo is a monstrosity and it is NOT a good toolchain if you value time and simplicity. I would much rather the maintainer offer binaries for download rather than requiring me to git clone, apt install, realize the deps aren't in the apt repo, hunt down and compile the deps, run make, then troubleshoot forever and a day before I can even do make install. Just give me a binary with everything built in. Kthxbye.
- They're gonna have a bad day if they ever decompress the EXE. ;)
After some Googling I couldn't find anything about "code-free" .exe's or some ".EXE" framework, so probably just a joke.