Comment by zerodensity

I mean as a field we love to reinvent the wheel over and over again, even in the same language if it's not in the stdlib (or even if it is) it's not uncommon to find multiple versions of the same thing. Take for example SQL database drivers in python, I have at various companies worked with at least 4 of them. They all do virtually the same thing with some minor differences.

So I don't think we will ever land in a situation where everyone uses the same thing.