Calling it a library is a stretch. The whole leftPad controverse makes a pretty good case for rewriting. It would have saved many people a lot of trouble. Als

Calling it a library is a stretch. The whole leftPad controverse makes a pretty good case for rewriting. It would have saved many people a lot of trouble. Also, if you know your langauge, rewriting it is probably faster than finding, installing and using a package.