[Argorak]

The full TeXLive is 1.3GB large, because it ensures that the only thing you need to build any semi-sane TeX document is this installation.

Describing TeX as Code misses the topic by a wide margin, a lot of the things in the distribution are fonts and compiled versions of the documentation.

Bash the idea of treating TeX as code out of your head and you will find it quite a bit saner.

[mangecoeur]

I don't think anything will ever convince me Tex is a sane design. For instance, this SO on trying to set a5 paper size:

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/22917/a5paper-settin...

(If you thought setting a5paper would result in your output paper size being A5, think again. facepalm)