On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:17:20PM +0200, harry666t wrote: > I wonder how many people here that advise against minification, keep > their compiled binaries "readable".
I wonder how many people who make that comparison realize it's a false dichotomy. Like v4hn alluded to, scripting languages have the distinct ability to be executed easily and directly from source. Doing the same with compiled programming languages is possible, but not simple or very practical. So it's no contradiction at all to run compiled code while still advocating against HTML/CSS/JS minification, in particular when you're also a free software advocate. For compiled languages, there are on-going efforts for verifiable, reproducible builds. HTML/CSS/JS minification goes in the precise opposite direction by putting effort into turning readable code into unreadable code for no good reason. G.
