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I would like to see npm become a more generic solution for package management in all languages.


I wouldn't. Most of the languages I use already have far superior solutions for package management.


Examples (genuinely curious)? In my casual experience, it seems to be easier to use than gems or pip and has much larger ecosystem than anything else I have tried, which is the #1 selling point of a package manager IMHO. A good package manager (by my standards) should have:

1. super easy publishing 2. A package for practically everything you can think of and if not, see #1 3. Most of the market share for its particular language so that you can be reasonably sure a particular module maintainer has an up to date package




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