Java did this sometimes by essentially adding slightly tidied up versions of whatever was the de-facto standard to the standard library. Java 1.3 didn't have regexes but most people were using the same apache commons thing, so java 1.4 added regexes that looked exactly like that. Java's date handling was a pain so people mostly used joda-date; a later java version added something that mostly works like jodadate. Etc.
It is an easy way to get a somewhat OK standard library as the things you add became popular on their own merits at some point.
Once added, the lowest friction path is to just use the standard library; and as it is the standard library you have a slightly better hope someone will care to maintain it. You can still build a better one if needed for your use-case, but the batteries are included for basic usage
It is an easy way to get a somewhat OK standard library as the things you add became popular on their own merits at some point.
Once added, the lowest friction path is to just use the standard library; and as it is the standard library you have a slightly better hope someone will care to maintain it. You can still build a better one if needed for your use-case, but the batteries are included for basic usage