On the flip side C/C++ devs like to let ancient libs hang around because updating them can be such a pain in the ass. You can choose to write Rust with fewer e

On the flip side C/C++ devs like to let ancient libs hang around because updating them can be such a pain in the ass. You can choose to write Rust with fewer external crates or vendor them like you would with c++ that is a dev choice. Having more choices is better.