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If thought about properly, it doesn't.

If you pull in a dependency on Xlib because you wanted a matrix math function from a graphics library, then it does.

If you're building on a platform that emphasizes many small libraries, and you pull in a few well-reputed ones, only to find that your dependency graph now includes 15 small buggy libraries hosted on github and abandoned by their developers, then it does.

If you introduce a dependency on a Windows-only library in your game's physics engine, and then want to port the game to Linux, then it does.

It's possible to be sloppy with using libraries, but I don't think academically-grounded programmers are any prone to being sloppy.




Ok so basically, being irresponsible about which libraries you depend on. Got it, thanks!




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