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Re:Ask HN: Is there a reason every language comes with it's ... by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:48PM (#34872710)
Because people using those hate updating and sharing their dependencies. A depends on foo version 1.2 and B depends on foo version 1.3 despite foo version 1.4 being available. So naturally A and B both bring their own copy of foo.
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