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npm had 24 packages at some point too :) Rome wasn't build in a day.

• josteink 8y ago
  Not to mention that in the world of npm, a package is often just a single function (like leftpad).
  • berti 8y ago
    Yeah, I can't see many C/C++ types swallowing that. The cost of writing a single function tends to be much lower than the cost of maintaining an external dep, as leftpad proved.
    • cup-of-tea 8y ago
      That's probably true for js too (the leftpad debacle is a good example), but so many just glue together the magic library code without realising just how simple some of those functions they are pulling in are.