This is the exact reason I'm migrating new things straight to go. Once I've gotten the updated blob (binary or script/whatever really) to where it needs to be. I'm done, at compile time I can deal with dependencies, don't need to have a metric ton of stat calls flying around from require and other nonsense.

I'm getting to the point that the troubles encountered with Python/Perl/Ruby and dependency management has basically made me go, ok fine, i'll go back to c this is getting ridiculous.

That plus clang has made me happy.