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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by PrototypeNM1 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:37PM (#24127519)
> * It has an easy-to-use package manager, and I'm not sure where C++ is on that front.

In the inescapable hell of n+1 competing standards.

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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by adamnemecek on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:46PM (#24128427)
You mean that every langauge has its own package manager?
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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by cstrahan on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:58AM (#24133351)
No, rather C++ has many competing package managers, none of which have majority buy in from the C++ community.

To name a few:

https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter

https://conan.io/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/vcpkg?view=vs-201...

https://buckaroo.pm/

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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by ashtonkem on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:47AM (#24129218)
I think they mean that C++ isn’t one thing, it varies a lot by the specific compiler and version you’re using.
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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by ShinTakuya on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:57AM (#24129591)
I think they mean that people keep coming along and saying "the existing N competing standards suck, let's make a new one everyone can use" and now there's N+1 competing standards.

A reference to this xkcd https://xkcd.com/927/

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Re:Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built i... by ShinTakuya on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:58AM (#24129598)
To clarify, for C++ specifically.
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