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Why did Julia select a package naming convention that makes every project name look like a filename?
by xyproto 2y ago
Why did Julia select a package naming convention that makes every project name look like a filename?
- eigenspace 2y agoIt makes a julia package name very recognizable and easily searchable. It's actually something I really miss when I'm trying to look up packages in other languages.
- NeuroCoder 2y agoI thought that was weird too but then I realized it was on of the most useful tools for searching stuff online and getting exactly what I wanted.
- infogulch 2y agoImagine searching for Plots.jl, Symbolics.jl, CUDA.jl if they didn't have the ".jl". I wish more package ecosystems used a convention like this.
- stackghost 2y agoPresumably for similar reasons to JavaScript, with names like Next.js, etc.