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Re:Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer by adev_ on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:31PM (#20557765)
> I know it's hard for you to imagine, but perhaps the JavaScript ecosystem has some good things about it.

There is good in very ecosystem. But a simple keyword "node_modules" on twitter should probably convince you that the good of JS is not in its package system.

To be fair, even the NodeJS author agree on that.

Modularity does not mean "split your code at the atomic level".

Re:Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer by akamaozu on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:53AM (#20562409)
JavaScript's package manager is a massive plus to the ecosystem.

The language would not be worth using without it.