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		beforeolives on May 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Racket 8.1 That's not what batteries included means. > The Python source distribution has long maintained the philosophy of "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard library which is immediately available, without making the user download separate packages. This gives the Python language a head start in many projects. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0206/

baldfat on May 7, 2021 [–]

But compared to Racket Python is so much less of a tool when limited to standard library.

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