[mtw]

Isn't it the same in many other languages? For a Ruby project, you usually have to use a dozen gems to get started. For a javascript project, it's at least two dozens of npm packages

[spc476]

But at the very least, you can open a socket without external modules in those languages.

[petre]

It's comparable to mruby but better since you can install extensions w/o rebuilding your interpreter.