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> Usually it's not the programming language that's important, but the ecosystem around the language (the standard library, available libraries, interests of the
by ModernMech 5y ago
> Usually it's not the programming language that's important, but the ecosystem around the language (the standard library, available libraries, interests of the community etc...).
I no longer consider an ecosystem separate from a programming language given its importance in the overall utility of the language.
I came to that conclusion after I realized I wouldn’t like the Rust language so much if it weren’t for cargo and the crates.io package manager.
I know a guy who hold the opinion that Docker is a sufficient package manager for C++. I think this misses the degree to which tight coupling of these technologies can yield a lot of leverage.