What Makes A Programming Language Good

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/19/11 7:56 AM, Adam Ruppe wrote:
> Andrei wrote:
>>   We need a package system that takes Internet distribution
>> into account.
>
> Do you think something like my simple http based system would work?
>
> Fetch dependencies. Try to compile. If the linker complains about
> missing files, download them from http://somewebsite/somepath/filename,
> try again from the beginning.
>
> There's no metadata, no version tracking, nothing like that, but
> I don't think such things are necessary. Worst case, just download
> the specific version you need for your project manually.

I'm not sure. A friend of mine who is well versed in such issues 
suggested two sources of inspiration: apt-get and cpan. As a casual user 
of both, I can indeed say that they are doing a very good job.

Andrei