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Yes. The fast moving package management dependency hell seems to be spreading, but I believe its root comes from npm/javascript. If we see it elsewhere it is
by kevin_b_er 8y ago
Yes. The fast moving package management dependency hell seems to be spreading, but I believe its root comes from npm/javascript. If we see it elsewhere it is because it is borrowed from javascript as it was seen as "the future" of software development.
- pcwalton 8y agoThe concept of code sharing—which is a good thing, this incident notwithstanding—goes all the way back to CPAN and Perl 5.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoIn case anyone is unfamiliar with Perl's version history like I was, Perl 5 and CPAN date to 1994.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The concept of code sharing—which is a good thing, this incident notwithstanding—goes all the way back to CPAN and Perl 5. The concept is significantly older, but the implementation of a systematic facility for it rather than more ad hoc mechanisms may date from then. (It's a lot harder to sneak in and use an exploit in books of source code used in the 1970s-80s, though; convenience comes with a price.)