[bsrkf]

  "Perhaps this explains why Odin has found such widespread usage and popularity. /s"

What an unnecessarily snark and dismissive comment to make about someone's work.

  - I'd say within a certain niche Odin is becoming well known and gets its use
  - you do realize using an `Odin package` is putting a program into a sub-folder and that's it
  - It comes with a rich stdlib + vendor libraries out of the box
  - and isn't it kind of up to the creators how to design and promote their language

I'd even argue it's laudable a language doesn't promote itself as a "fixes everything use me at all costs" kind of technology. The creator himself tells people it might not be the right tool for them/their use case, encourages them to try other languages too, sometimes outright tells them Odin doesn't fit their needs and xyz would probably do better.

Odin is pragmatic & opinionated in its language design and goal. Maybe the lack of a package manager is the basis for you to disregard a programming language, for plenty of others (and likely more Odin's target group) it's the least of their concerns when choosing a language.

[mustache_kimono]

> What an unnecessarily snark and dismissive comment to make about someone's work.

The snark was intended, however any dismissiveness concerning Ginger Bill's effort was not. However, when you make a decision like "Odin will never have a package manager", you may be choosing to condemn your project to niche status, in this day and age. Now, niche status is fine, but it definitionally comes with a limited audience. Like "this game will only ever be a text based roguelike."