Direct and indirect dependencies created by software reuse

The diagram on the left illustrates the direct and indirect dependencies created by software reuse; the diagram on the right shows a real-world example of the extent of such a network of dependencies for the Express web development framework: https://t.co/18MYGcnpDf pic.twitter.com/XJiu9SnCm7

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