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by shakow 23 days ago
> comes with batteries included

I like CL, but I can't agree that a stdlib that doesn't even have a string split function is batteries-included.

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And to bring it full-circle, this is the exact same thing I run into with Go. When I mention how nice it is that Lang X has feature Y, someone is quick to point out that either, "You can BUILD that in Go" or, "You don't really need feature Y". We've proven that we don't really NEED compilers either... but I would hate to have to do my job without them.