[Xylakant]

I wasn't talking about bundling but rather about something like C glibc or rusts stdlib. Having a solid stdlib that covers for example string padding can at the same time minimize code duplication and number of dependencies.

Neither did I deny that inlining everything comes at a cost as well, so the goal is to find a good point on the scale. I was just pointing out that having tons of small dependencies is not free of cost.

[Klathmon]

Fair enough, but with a language like Javascript a large standard library will never be a reality.

There are too many implementations (by design) and the language is such a "mutt" of designs that it will never happen.

I personally don't think that's a bad thing, but it is different to how many languages work.