Standard Library Debates
Discussions revolve around the adequacy, size, and contents of programming language standard libraries, debating what features should be included versus relying on third-party packages, with comparisons across languages like Rust, Go, and Python.
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What's wrong with having them in the standard library?
"the standard library is good enough and has better support in the long run"
The standard library isn't the language.
How is this an argument against a larger standard library?
Maybe the language should have a standard library then.
Looks like they have a "standard library" to remedy this to some extent
Are you saying the standard library is powerful enough for most things?
It needs a good standard library yeah? i don't see that in your list.
What about the standard library?
It's in the standard library. You're a bad programmer if you don't learn the ins and outs of the standard library, or make sweeping generalizations.