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Don't know if it counts but Java has done pretty well in my opinion. A single JAR-file can combine everything you need to run an application or be distributed a
by TheChaplain 4y ago
Don't know if it counts but Java has done pretty well in my opinion.
A single JAR-file can combine everything you need to run an application or be distributed as a library, and as long as the java command is installed it just works.
Likewise WAR's make it dead simple to add/remove/update applications during runtime.
Of course there are always special cases, but packaging and distribution in the Java world have always been painless to me.
- int_19h 4y agoPython has similar facilities for distribution, since it can load code directly from .zip files, treating them as if they were directories - very similar to JAR. The problem is on the stage where you have to acquire and manage those dependencies.