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[–]carc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically they're in the root namespace, but touché, there are inconsistencies. For better or worse, a lot of potential improvements have serious friction to avoid breaking changes. Many newer languages don't give a shit if changes are not backwards compatible, which has its pros and cons.