Interesting article and discussion about Python's standard library

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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.)