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cortesoft on Nov 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Depends – the missing linker for the JVM

That name makes me think of the adult diapers. Might have a branding issue

deeg on Nov 5, 2018 | [–]

If I recall correctly 'depends' is the name of a similar tool in Windows for debugging DLLs.

brian_herman on Nov 5, 2018 | | [–]

I think that is the joke.

bunderbunder on Nov 5, 2018 | [–]

Given that this tool is for solving problems that stem from the Java platform's incontinent dependency management, that branding seems spot-on to me.

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