[stdlib-sig] Breaking out the stdlib

[Orestis Markou]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 8:06 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> I don't really understand how breaking something as useful as
> the stdlib into smaller pieces would help with anything.
>
> The main purpose of a library is that you have an *integrated* set
> of modules that are known and tested to work together.

No one has suggested that - just that the core can be downloaded  
without the stdlib, for the people that might need it.

>
> The stdlib has gone a long way in trying to achieve that and it's
> getting better at it with every release.
>
> -- 
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