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by skybrian 3620 days ago
Well, the trick is to actually get it right before standardizing it - much easier said than done. Keeping the standard library small helps with that since the bar is higher.
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> Well, the trick is to actually get it right before standardizing it - much easier said than done.

And that's what we're doing.

> Keeping the standard library small helps with that since the bar is higher.

But weren't you just advocating for a large standard library?

I guess I didn't understand what was meant by "where code goes to die". Graduation != dying.