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>> However, the moment you dip into libraries you are dependent on someone else's work. >Like every other programming language? The lack of a standard library
by dave84 8y ago
>> However, the moment you dip into libraries you are dependent on someone else's work.
>Like every other programming language?
The lack of a standard library means you'll be dipping in a lot sooner.
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- maemilius 8y agoI don't really get this. How is any language's stdlib _not_ someone else's work? The language itself is "someone else's work". The only difference, in my mind, between a "standard library" and a "third-party library" is the level of trust. If a third-party library is widely used by a community and known to be built by trustworthy people, I don't see how it's functionally different from a "standard" library. EDIT: To clarify, I'm only trying to make a general statement about libraries, not the trustworthiness of any particular language's library landscape.