[Edit: Parent comment has been rewritten, see second response, below].
That you think averaging a list of numbers qualifies as a 'feature' you might add to a codebase is rather the surprising thing about your response. I'm aware I'm coming over rather arsey, and that isn't intended, I'm just surprised to find someone actually defend the attitude, generally, that says a trivial calculation should be either a) provided, or you're not going to use the language, or b) put in a package to mean you don't have to spend 'the time' writing it, while at the same time saying you don't care what is in those implementations.
I mean, it doesn't matter to me, obviously. You can choose to have whatever criteria for taking a job you like, and I can have whatever criteria I like for my hires. I'm just surprised. Sorry If I've come over argumentative or grandstanding.
That you think averaging a list of numbers qualifies as a 'feature' you might add to a codebase is rather the surprising thing about your response. I'm aware I'm coming over rather arsey, and that isn't intended, I'm just surprised to find someone actually defend the attitude, generally, that says a trivial calculation should be either a) provided, or you're not going to use the language, or b) put in a package to mean you don't have to spend 'the time' writing it, while at the same time saying you don't care what is in those implementations.
I mean, it doesn't matter to me, obviously. You can choose to have whatever criteria for taking a job you like, and I can have whatever criteria I like for my hires. I'm just surprised. Sorry If I've come over argumentative or grandstanding.