[bryanrasmussen]

libraries of this sort, especially in JavaScript, often exist to enforce a more reasonable mental model rather than the model baked into the language.

[7bit]

I understand that. I just don't think that it is a good habit. Instead of just learning the languages and it's quirks now you form a bad habit and start to rely on one dependency for all your projects.

[bryanrasmussen]

this is generally the view I have on these sorts of things as well, although I must admit that my views are often out of step with what everybody else I work with feel on the matter.