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I'm not going to write things like Django, flask, requests, urllib3, numpy, scipy, mathplotlib, dateutils, and psycopg2 on my own. That would take multiple life
by bxparks 1y ago
I'm not going to write things like Django, flask, requests, urllib3, numpy, scipy, mathplotlib, dateutils, and psycopg2 on my own. That would take multiple lifetimes.
Sure, you can choose to write everything yourself, but you are limiting the size, scope, and complexity of the problems that you can solve. We have to stand upon the shoulders of others to get stuff done.
- nemomarx 1y agoI think the suggestion here is to take a copy of those that you know works with your software and package in that particular version? instead of the user having to resolve conflicts or manage the dependencies
- dwattttt 1y agoThose are properties of Python's package management strategy and language design, they're not inherent to package management.
- skydhash 1y agoPackage managers and libraries are orthogonal. if the language and the libraries are stable, you hardly need a package manager. And without one, I’d say you see much better quality in the wild.
- badsectoracula 1y agoNobody said to not use libraries. Hell, even the Odin site's main page links to one.
- scuff3d 1y agoMeanwhile Ryan Fleury is writing a cross platform debugger almost entirely from scratch in C.