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In the accepted answer, Nicol Bolas points out that it isn't in the standard because it has to be proposed and voted on. In the way that C++ works, people write proposals for changes, which are voted on. However, he points out that it's a convenience function and doesn't add that much value over the current methods.
In another answer, iammilind suggests that it's against C++'s philosophy. This would add a dependency to the <string> and <vector> libraries. The current implementation uses built-in and independent types, which doesn't force the library on people. In addition, if a system didn't implement the library, then they would be unable to start the application.
Other answers are also provided, but the two mentioned above are the highest scoring.