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You're right that adding dependencies is easy, but you're significantly downplaying the discoverability of quality crates for specific usecases. When people sa
by yazaddaruvala 4y ago
You're right that adding dependencies is easy, but you're significantly downplaying the discoverability of quality crates for specific usecases.
When people say "we need a rich standard lib" they are more interested in a "blessed set of crates" than a "it should be pre-downloaded with the compiler".
- steveklabnik 4y agoI mean I think my answer is the best anyone can do. It’s not as if there’s never packages competing with the standard library, and finding one you like and then always use is a one-time cost. There’s a ton of ways to find the answer to this question easily. It is of course true that you have to look. While two different ones were mentioned in this thread even, a new user would be easily served by either.