[bad_user]

> Isn't it nice to have one JSON parser that you know is quality and that everyone can use?

Sure it is - but that's an utopia and never, ever happens.

The JSON parser in Scala's standard library sucks. The JSON parser in Python's standard library sucks. The JSON parser in Ruby's standard library sucks. I actually challenge you to give me an example of JSON functionality included in a standard library that doesn't suck.

In practice what happens is that one or two third-party libraries pop-up at some point that are so much better that people start using it as a de-facto standard and then the functionality in the standard library becomes legacy that has to be carried around because backwards compatibility.

And much worse than a small standard library is a standard library full of deprecated stuff.

[NateDad]

>I actually challenge you to give me an example of JSON functionality included in a standard library that doesn't suck

Uh... the one in the Go standard library? :)