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Me looking for the right NPM package (lemmy.ml)
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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same with Ruby at this point. Someone needs to create a new RubyGems without all the c. 2009 abandonware shit.

[–] CodeMonkey@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

…and Python, Java, and GoLang.

At least with Java, many of the cornerstone packages have a corporate sponsor maintaining them.

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know about the other languages but most widely used JavaScript packages also have corporate backing

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

Perl. CPAN has been around for a long time and has some packages in it that are older than other languages' entire repositories, I swear.