> There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. --Bjarne Stroustrup
I've used CPAN, Maven, gem, and bundler, so I'm also always a little puzzled when people complain about Python's packaging system. However, I've also used npm, so I can kind of understand it.
Python was great in 02000, but some of the things that made it great then are gone now. Stability was one of those; simplicity another; reasonable performance a third; but the biggest issue is really social rather than technical. And I feel like we have alternatives now that we didn't have then.
I've used CPAN, Maven, gem, and bundler, so I'm also always a little puzzled when people complain about Python's packaging system. However, I've also used npm, so I can kind of understand it.
Python was great in 02000, but some of the things that made it great then are gone now. Stability was one of those; simplicity another; reasonable performance a third; but the biggest issue is really social rather than technical. And I feel like we have alternatives now that we didn't have then.