Ask HN: Libraries Needed for New Languages

There is a plethora of new languages being discussed here on HN everyday and a lot of talk about how to get involved. Many, I'm sure, would like to engage with a new language but often there is a mental barrier on what to build and a simple To-Do List to learn something either doesn't teach enough or doesn't feel useful enough for some to start.

So my question is - what is the "directory" of common missing needs? That is (most) every language needs(? / ends up getting) :

* an email library * a web framework * a queue framework * a descriptive statistics library * an ImageMagick wrapper * a number of database wrappers * an ORM * a deployment framework * etc etc etc

Perhaps not great examples above as most are related to the web and not games and other disciplines but you get the gist.

Just a thought