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by bombolo 1287 days ago
most python modules do not have so many dependencies, and tend to have a stable api.

Bugs happen but it's by no means a constant thing.

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Python has a completely different issue and that is that its dependencies on c extensions makes cross platform or cross version packaging a terrible thing.

This is why I get a bit puzzled when people complain about the Java build system. It's so much saner in comparison to the scripting languages, and arguably better than Go or Rust (though I'll take any of the three over Python or JS).

> Python has a completely different issue and that is that its dependencies on c extensions makes cross platform or cross version packaging a terrible thing.

Well java has no way to do a unix socket unless we rely on a C extension so it's hardly better in this respect.