Ask HN: No built-in handwriting recognition on iPad Pro

I finally got around to checking out the new iPad Pro. It is really nice and fast. BUT ... I cannot understand why it doesn't have handwriting recognition built in. The Palm Pilots had it years ago and both Microsoft and Samsung (Android) tablets that come with a pen support quite good handwriting recognition. Surely, Apple isn't still aching about the Newton's poor recognition capabilities.

Any ideas why this might be so? Yes, I know there are 3rd party apps that claim to do the task, but a built-in facility which works alongside the keyboard would be far more uniform.