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Well it would expand the library surface, so now they have yet more code to maintain and they have to maintain a function with confusing and inconsistent naming
by grey-area 8y ago
Well it would expand the library surface, so now they have yet more code to maintain and they have to maintain a function with confusing and inconsistent naming forever. I think they made the right call here personally and the simplicity and stability is part of the appeal of the language.