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by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 440 days ago
Some languages like c++ don't have popular package managers, so adding even one dependency can be very difficult. Learning an unpopular package manager and asking your team to rely on it introduces the burden of teaching everyone how to use it, if the manager even allows it

In this hostile environment, many wheels are reinvented

C programmers actually consider this a point of pride