I disagree that anything you list is a niche feature. As for the standard lib - I'm interested to hear what you think has been added recently which are "crap".

I disagree that anything you list is a niche feature. As for the standard lib - I'm interested to hear what you think has been added recently which are "crap". Given the amount of debate, discussion, and work that goes into every single language change we make, I'm rather proud that we've largely avoided making a complete mess of things.