[GeorgeTirebiter]

The REAL power comes from the libraries. In the Olden Days, we would call these 'subroutines' -- libraries contain the gussied-up subroutines that make it possible to do amazing things in Python with that "10% of the language" we use.

[wheelerof4te]

Python already has a bunch of built-in libraries that make it a full-fledged scripting language. Basically, it is Node.js on steroids.

In the olden days, programmers would have to make 90% of that, alone.

Maybe this is the reason why everyone and their grandma can call themselves programmers these days.

[GeorgeTirebiter]

Yes. And all this fancy 'metaprogramming' is just syntactic sugar for how one calls subroutines.

I agree: Python has Batteries Included. But additional Batteries are Optional.