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There's a sort of "layer 0" problem above this which is: requiring 1000 different libraries from 900 different publishers to make a hello world program is going
by dboreham 3y ago
There's a sort of "layer 0" problem above this which is: requiring 1000 different libraries from 900 different publishers to make a hello world program is going to end in tears. The modern languages need to consolidate into a few stdlib type libraries. Once that's done the problem of assuring the supply chain becomes more tractable.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoPython, one of the two languages mentioned in the parent comment, has if anything a standard library that is TOO extensive, as made evident by the ‘dead batteries’ stdlib removal effort.