Why does it claim to need Conda, when it appears to have CMake support?

[barracuda156]

README lists Conda as a requirement:

lpython/README.md

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	## Step 0: Prerequisites
	Here is the list of requirements needed to build LPython:
	- Conda

Why is that needed at all?

[certik]

LPython doesn't need conda, only the dependencies. We only put Conda there to have a complete list of instructions to getting it up and running, but if you install the proper versions of dependencies some other way (say using apt-get in Debian), then it will work as well.

Do you want to submit a PR clarifying this?

[barracuda156]

@certik I can try building it, if that works, then yes.

Will it be useful by the way without LLVM? I see CMakeLists has it as optional, so provisionally it may, or otherwise a claim re working across all systems fail, since unlike GCC all LLVM stuff is not properly portable and is known to be broken on a number of platforms.

[certik]

Yes, LPython works without LLVM, you can use all the other backends instead. For example at https://dev.lpython.org/ we use LPython WASM build without LLVM, and we use our WASM backend.

[barracuda156]

@certik I finally got back to this. There are two trivial fixes needed:
#2459
#2461

And one issue to look at, if you could: #2460