> My point is that although many only think about ISO C libc when talking about C's standard library
I wasn't. Even with POSIX, it is spartan by today's standards. Look at the standard libraries of Python and Go. POSIX doesn't have JSON (de)serialization, HTTP servers, XML parsing and a whole boatload of other crap. So I don't think there is anything wrong with my characterization.
I wasn't. Even with POSIX, it is spartan by today's standards. Look at the standard libraries of Python and Go. POSIX doesn't have JSON (de)serialization, HTTP servers, XML parsing and a whole boatload of other crap. So I don't think there is anything wrong with my characterization.