“Python's batteries are leaking”

Re:“Python's batteries are leaking” by ryl00 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:07PM (#19949468)

> When Python's standard library was first being written, there were no easy package managers for any language

Wasn't perl's CPAN developed around that time period (mid '90s) ?

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Re:“Python's batteries are leaking” by geofft on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:37PM (#19949598)

Emphasis on easy :-P Using CPAN in even the late '00s was an ordeal.

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Re:“Python's batteries are leaking” by qbaqbaqba on Sunday May 19, 2019 @02:34AM (#19951804)

It just took ages to install and test some huge and popular modules like Catalyst, Moose. However, once installed and tested they would just on your system. And it wasn't that easy for modules creators and core developers as red hat was notorious for shipping decades of Perl versions (5.10 times).

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