This is a very good point. Things done wrong in the standard library are often done wrong permanently and forever. Particularly given the current demands from some people for perfect backwards compatibility.
Looking at the stdlib for a language like Rust it tends to feel like people who had 20+ years of experience in other languages went and thought deeply about the problem, with an understanding that accepting the design might be permanent.
Looking at the stdlib for a language like Rust it tends to feel like people who had 20+ years of experience in other languages went and thought deeply about the problem, with an understanding that accepting the design might be permanent.