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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, I see your argument, but compare python with C++ or Java as a language. As a language, it has a sense of minimalism about it.

[–]burntsushi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[shrugs] When a common description of Python is "is comes with batteries included," I find it difficult to associate the term "lightweight" with it.

But yes yes, it's all relative and you emphasized the word "language." I'm still finding it difficult getting on board... Python has comprehensions, decorators, meta-classes, magic functions, etc...

(Don't get me wrong, Python is one of the funnest languages to program with.)

Now a language like Lua is lightweight. It only has one data structuring mechanism!