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Slighly off topic, but... how is npm culture different from CPAN culture? I have a feeling there is a difference but I'm too unfamiliar with both ecosystems to
by kqr 3y ago
Slighly off topic, but... how is npm culture different from CPAN culture? I have a feeling there is a difference but I'm too unfamiliar with both ecosystems to point it out.
- marcus0x62 3y agoSpeaking as someone who used Perl pretty extensively back in its heyday I’d say the difference is CPAN modules were much more likely to be self-contained, or contain a handful of external dependencies, and those dependencies were almost always self-contained.
- kqr 3y agoAah, that makes a tonne of sense. When you develop an application you're free to pull in any libraries you want, but the libraries themselves should be more careful. For them, it might be worth reimplementing some essentials.