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Re:Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them by bombolo on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:31AM (#33966929)
most python modules do not have so many dependencies, and tend to have a stable api.

Bugs happen but it's by no means a constant thing.

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Re:Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them by lordgroff on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:33AM (#33969365)
Python has a completely different issue and that is that its dependencies on c extensions makes cross platform or cross version packaging a terrible thing.

This is why I get a bit puzzled when people complain about the Java build system. It's so much saner in comparison to the scripting languages, and arguably better than Go or Rust (though I'll take any of the three over Python or JS).

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Re:Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them by bombolo on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:17AM (#33970869)
> Python has a completely different issue and that is that its dependencies on c extensions makes cross platform or cross version packaging a terrible thing.

Well java has no way to do a unix socket unless we rely on a C extension so it's hardly better in this respect.

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