This isn't as new as you make it out, ant + ivy / maven / gradle had already started this in the 00s. Definitely turned into a mess, but I think the java/cross

This isn't as new as you make it out, ant + ivy / maven / gradle had already started this in the 00s. Definitely turned into a mess, but I think the java/cross platform nature pushed this style of development along pretty heavily. Before this wasn't CPAN already big?