>> A lean and mean standard library benefits platforms with limited resources like devices with just a few hundred kilobyte of storage (e.g. BBC Micro:bit). Python on mobile platforms like BeeWare or WebAssembly (e.g. pyodide) also benefit from reduced download size.
>That's a silly reason. Just make a separate distribution with a stripped down standard library.
True, you could have a std and core library. I think Rust does this for embedded. IMHO if you take away the large standard lib, except for pandas I have no more reasons to use Python. I don't like the language that much, but the std library is pretty good for scripting when you need something on a target system that only has standard Python.
>That's a silly reason. Just make a separate distribution with a stripped down standard library.
True, you could have a std and core library. I think Rust does this for embedded. IMHO if you take away the large standard lib, except for pandas I have no more reasons to use Python. I don't like the language that much, but the std library is pretty good for scripting when you need something on a target system that only has standard Python.