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by codefined 2975 days ago
If you have a C++ compiler that works, you should be fine. I've never had an issue installing a package that isn't, in fact, a C++ issue.

Meanwhile, Python versioning of plugins is really broken, unless you use virtual environments. Maven seems to be fairly hard to integrate with IDEs (Eclipse seems to come bundled with a separate one, not sure about IntelliJ). Most other package managers I use don't have enough packages to be as useful.
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ergo14 2975 days ago
> Python versioning of plugins is really broken

It is not broken - you ARE supposed to use virtual environments. I would say its is much saner than nodejs ecosystem where every conflict is being solved by having multiple versions of overlapping dependencies.

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sjellis 2975 days ago
"If you have a C++ compiler that works, you should be fine. I've never had an issue installing a package that isn't, in fact, a C++ issue."

I've also had a compilation problem on Windows caused by Python not being installed (IIRC, the SASS package needed gyp, which uses Python). That was exceptional: I expect npm packages to install without issue, although I'm still bothered by how many dependent packages every tool seems to need.

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stephenr 2975 days ago
> Most other package managers I use don't have enough packages to be as useful.

Let me guess, no `iseven` package?

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