Yes, I have heard similar arguments before. It could be an argument for including the functionality in the standard lib for the language. There can be a long de

Yes, I have heard similar arguments before. It could be an argument for including the functionality in the standard lib for the language. There can be a long debate about dependencies, and then there is still the benefit of being able to vendor and prune them. The way it is now just leads to bloat and cruft.