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If JavaScript had a standard library from the beginning we would be replacing it now because it wouldn't support Unicode or promises or async or whatever is coming next.


The stdlib can evolve with the W3C the same way the language evolves.


The w3c cannot break the web. Once something is in the language a certain way, it stays (technically, there have been a couple small breaking changes, but the fact that you don't hear about them speaks to their size and impact)


You mean we're stuck with the legacy stuff forever.




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