envy for "Writing Go Packages"

[Sean Kelly]

BCS <none at anon.com> wrote:
> Hello BCS,
> 
> > Hello Walter,
> > >> BCS wrote:
> >> >>> My program imports lib A and B. Lib A imports lib C and asks
> > > > > > for
> >>> version "X". Lib B imports lib C and asks for version "!X". Who
> >>> wins?
> >>> >> Compilation error.
> >> > Exactly. If there were a way for A to ask for X or Y and B to ask
> > > > for
> > Y or Z than the solution is easy: Y.
> > 
> And to finish the thought; a system that only allows a program to ask
> for a single version is worse than one that doesn't allow any or
> allows many.
> 

How does . NET work?  I recall versioning being an integral part of the
design.