Comment Comment by scotttrinh In this specific case (Elm vs. JavaScript) We're talking about JavaScript here, so:> - ubiquitous things, like data structuresThere are a few basic data structures in JS, but almost everything else is in user-land.> - hard to get right things, like timeDate is a notoriously bad API in JavaScript.- implementations of specs, like UnicodeWe just get a String type in JavaScript which is UTF-16, so... parent scotttrinh 5 years ago
> - ubiquitous things, like data structures
There are a few basic data structures in JS, but almost everything else is in user-land.
> - hard to get right things, like time
Date is a notoriously bad API in JavaScript.
- implementations of specs, like Unicode
We just get a String type in JavaScript which is UTF-16, so...