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Which languages do you consider to have the biggest/smallest standard libraries? JS and Rust have a reputation for being pretty small. C has fewer data structures, but a bunch of system APIs. Python feels more like a kitchen sink. Where are other languages on this spectrum?

"It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures." — Alan Perlis I'm still not sure I agree with this: explicit data types are often nice. Following this maxim leads to pervasive lists or hash maps.

Difftastic 0.29 is out! * A ton of optimisation (30% shorter runtime) from smaller data structures * Improved cases where the outer delimiter is preferred (lisps, JSON) * Better detection of binary files (thanks @OnlyXuanwo) * Improved Perl, added Elvish