Re:Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into offic...
by viraptor on Monday September 18, 2017 @07:17AM
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> Strong core language libraries ("batteries included"), that come with your distribution
There's a running joke in python that stdlib is where modules go to die. Stdlib by definition needs to be more dependable and stable than other places. But that reduces the innovation. There's a reason urllib is terrible to use and we're on urllib3 now, yet the nicest solution (requests) is not included.
There's a running joke in python that stdlib is where modules go to die. Stdlib by definition needs to be more dependable and stable than other places. But that reduces the innovation. There's a reason urllib is terrible to use and we're on urllib3 now, yet the nicest solution (requests) is not included.
See http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2012/04/where-modules-go-to... This applies to some extent to all languages / runtimes.