On 7/26/24 at 11:41 PM, Kevin Ernst wrote: > Also not sure if newer macOS includes a C compiler without installing > Xcode That should say "I'm not sure if newer macOS includes the necessary developer tools to build the complete GNU Parallel distribution from source."
The 'parallel' script itself requires only Perl[1], which -- for the time being, anyway -- still comes with macOS. Ole has already accounted for various installation scenarios in the README, and certainly _one_ of them will work for you on an out-of-the-box Mac system. [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_design.html