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>Having everything under the sun in the standard library is not a feature to me.

Having stuff in the standard library sounds like the definition of a feature -- well, actually multiple features.

Plus, it's not like those are loaded into memory when not used.

Lastly, there are several stripped down java vms, some are even used for real time / embedded work.



Here, "feature" meant "a thing I want", not "a thing some users want"


But see, I don't want it. Then, one day, I do, because I'm working on something a bit different (or on the same thing, just with a different approach).

All those libraries buy me the freedom to do a bunch of different things. That freedom has some value, even if I never use it.




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