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Re:Uv's killer feature is pulling in local dependencies by vlovich123 on Sunday January 12, 2025 @06:31PM (#42678192)
> Programmers seem to hate rigorous namespace systems though

Pretty much a nothing burger in Rust, so I disagree that items necessarily hate the concept. Maybe others haven’t done a good job with the UX?

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Re:Uv's killer feature is pulling in local dependencies by PaulHoule on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:58AM (#42684848)
That. Forcing people to do it right from day one helps a lot. Also Rust attracts a programmer who is willing to accept some pain up front to save pain later, if your motto is "give me convenience or give me death" you might stick with C or Python.

If you give people an "easy way out" it is very hard to compel them to do it more rigorously. Look at the history of C++ namespaces as well as the non-acceptance of various "Modula" languages and Ada back in the 1980s.

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