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by flohofwoe 1288 days ago
> by mature and stable ecosystems, such as Python...

Nothing I experienced in the JS ecosystem so far was as nearly as painful as the over a decade-long transition from python2 to python3, and now python3 has the same 'move fast and break things' mindset. It's kinda infuriating for use cases where python2 was more than good enough.
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norman784 1288 days ago
About python past mistakes and future breaking changes, I recommend you to check this talk[0] about the topic

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5Po77bfKI

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jen20 1288 days ago
Still to this day nothing is as painful as trying to get a pip package or ruby gem with a C dependency to build on hardware where a wheel or whatever the ruby equivalent is unlikely to exist.
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