Replace core language HexStrings with library entity

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On Wednesday, 18 March 2015 at 00:55:45 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
> as an addendum, vibe.d reimplements huge amounts of phobos, is 
> there a reason none of this is ever getting upstreamed?

Getting something into Phobos is a huge commitment. For something 
widely used like json library the API discissions can destroy 
your spare time in blink of an eye. Sonke actually attempted to 
do that at some point, you can see 
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/lt5s76$is$1@digitalmars.com#post-lt5s76:24is:241:40digitalmars.com 
for what happened.