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With Python, if I publish my script with 100 dependencies, and someone `pip install`s it, they will also end up with 100 packages being copied to their computer
by mumblemumble 5y ago
With Python, if I publish my script with 100 dependencies, and someone `pip install`s it, they will also end up with 100 packages being copied to their computer.
The main difference is that Python installs them globally (or at least thinks it does, if you're using virtual environments), while .NET apps isolate themselves from each other.
Also, let's make a fair comparison. Is that hypothetical Rust application of yours depending on literally 100 crates? If so, what is the size of your binary?
- drunkpotato 5y agoPlease don't use Python package management as a baseline. Aim higher. I love Python, but I cringe whenever someone asks me why a Python program isn't running properly on their machine. Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1987/ https://xkcd.com/1987/
- sdwr 5y agoFunny how feelings change. https://xkcd.com/353/ https://xkcd.com/353/
- AdrianB1 5y agoTake PHP with composer: it works quite fine, but still you need all the dependencies downloaded from somewhere on Internet. Just a PHP script and the PHP interpreter works, but this is not how 99.9% of the software is written.
- kilburn 5y agoThe php world invented the phar format [1] to deal with the single file tool/app distribution issue. In fact, composer uses dependencies managed by itself in their sources. Then it gets packaged and distributed as a single file that includes all dependencies (composer.phar). That single file can be run by php as if it was any regular php file (including executing it directly and letting your system detect the required interpreter through the shebang). https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.phar.php
- AdrianB1 5y agoSelf quote: this is not how most apps are written.