[honr]

Honestly, at fundamental level, it is less of that need being dependent on third parties, and more of not having at least ONE set of consistent libraries (or one big library). To me the real value add of golang's std lib is not that it is developed by the language authored (that is maybe the third or fourth key point). The first one is the existence of one set (or 1.5, heh, if you consider golang.org/x slightly different) of libraries that are polished and hammered to be consistent together (primarily by spending an enormous effort on simplicity, but also on repeated polishes prior to the first notable public release and some thenafter). This is at the core of what I think rust needs right now to break through and penetrate into real C++ and golang circles.