Interesting article and discussion about Python's standard library

Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com
Wed May 22 03:51:47 UTC 2019


On 5/21/19 6:30 PM, sarn wrote:
> On Tuesday, 21 May 2019 at 18:06:44 UTC, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>> Having multiple versions of libraries only works well though if there 
>> are no dependency cycles between third party modules. Random has a 
>> very 'closed' API, so for that it works well.
> 
> In the JavaScript world, npm doesn't have that problem because it gives 
> each dependency its own dependency tree. (If D tried that, the ABI 
> compatibility issues would be painful, and the embedded developers would 
> weep at the bloat.)

Wow, that actually explains quite a lot about the modern web.


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