>> 1) Most modern programming languages have ready-made implementations (by way of libraries) for almost every imaginable algorithm, > I really don't think thi

>> 1) Most modern programming languages have ready-made implementations (by way of libraries) for almost every imaginable algorithm, > I really don't think this is true of any programming language, modern or not. Moreover, for this attitude (overreliance on external libraries) you get another left-pad.