> The Go standard library is full of things that do exactly what you want them to, whereas in other languages you have to manually do it yourself.
No.
Python: toCheck.startswith(prefix)
JavaScript: toCheck.startsWith(prefix)
Haskell: prefix `isPrefixOf` toCheck
What other languages does Go compete with that don't have a "string starts with" in their standard library.
Since I feel I've proven my point about all other languages Go competes with having this function, what other helpful functions do you think Go has that it's competitors do not?
No.
Python: toCheck.startswith(prefix)
JavaScript: toCheck.startsWith(prefix)
Haskell: prefix `isPrefixOf` toCheck
What other languages does Go compete with that don't have a "string starts with" in their standard library.
Since I feel I've proven my point about all other languages Go competes with having this function, what other helpful functions do you think Go has that it's competitors do not?