To my knowledge, CPython is the only piece of software on that list that has its own shared libraries. And yes, disk usage is a concern. Because those kilobyte

To my knowledge, CPython is the only piece of software on that list that has its own shared libraries. And yes, disk usage is a concern. Because those kilobytes add up fast, and I've only got so much space. And finally, the point isn't merely that it takes up disk: the point is that it's worthless. The old solution to that problem, having init set locale on boot from a config file, worked fine. I don't mind disk use that much. But I do mind pointless software. All code has bugs: to minimize bugs, write less code.