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What freedom? Having to pay insurance? Or a car payment? Or car maintenance? In some states, having to pass inspection? Being subject to traffic jams and dangerous conditions like potentially slamming into other people or barriers at 60+ mi/h? Or what about the freedom to pollute as much as you want with little to no consequences other than an unlivable planet a few decades/centuries from now?

I would. Then again, I’m gay.

> How often do you need a whole collection of string manipulation functions?

All the time. It’s called a standard library and most sane languages have one.