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> Give me an example of any ecosystem where the standard library is the defacto best solution? In Go that's certainly the case and in my experience it's a grea
by vruiz 12y ago
> Give me an example of any ecosystem where the standard library is the defacto best solution?
In Go that's certainly the case and in my experience it's a great thing, only time will tell if it will end up suffering stagnation like maybe happened to python.
- oblio 12y agoOr what happened to Java. And probably other ecosystems. IMO a "softer", "recommended" packages approach is better longer term.
- nostrademons 12y agoIronic that you've both picked languages that are used quite effectively, if unsexily, to solve problems. Both Python and Java are at the "plateau of productivity" - there's not a whole lot of innovation going on, but they're stable, robust, and have a large ecosystem of tools that let you get work done quickly. A good portion of this is because of the stability of a large standard library that everyone can depend upon.