>Python maintainers would think twice before adding a new dependency lest they cause "dependency hell" for their users. So there was an intrinsic sort of resistance – some pain is involved in adding new dependencies.
Well, no, it's because the standard library is so good.
I don't know if there is a way to objectively compare "good"-ness of standard libraries but more often than not, I'm missing JS sugar when coding in python than python sugar when coding in JS.
Well, no, it's because the standard library is so good.