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Why is there no Disjoint Set (Union Find Algorithm) implemented in most mainstream programming languages' standard library?

I have found articles on how to implement a Disjoint Set (Union Find Algorithm implementation) for C++, Java, Kotlin, Python, etc.. The implementation of it is not especially difficult, although there...
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This is a reasonable question and perhaps there isn't really a very satisfying answer beyond "because most people don't need it". I have used disjoint set data structures perhaps 10-20 times...
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