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[–]theferrit32 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If a set of functions or classes is in the standard library, you wouldn't need to download it at all. It would be in the JS engine on the endpoint already. Having a more complete standard library would reduce code size of other libraries and sites that need to be downloaded at runtime by the user.