[fivea]

> I'd scoff at C++ and the way in which the language has grown where orgs build up their own utility libraries rather than depend on a standard library.

This comment makes no sense at all. I mean, would it make any sense to also criticize JavaScript/NodeJS for their relatively spartan standard modules and extensive use of vended modules from the likes of npm?

And have we learned nothing from the mistake of going with the "everything and the kitchen sink" that is java which failed to actually satisfy basic needs and resulted in projects like guava and apache commons and vavr stepping in to provide alternatives? And how about C's infamous standard library with it's security vulnerability-inducing standard functions which remain in the standard?

Perhaps we should learn lessons and avoid basic mistakes such as setting libraries in stone. C++ learned that lesson, and so did C#/.NET, and up to a point Rust. Why unlearn them?

[CRConrad]

> would it make any sense to also criticize JavaScript/NodeJS for their relatively spartan standard modules and extensive use of vended modules from the likes of npm?

Uh .. Yes? Yes, very much so.