To clarify the point with an example, a one line hello world python script when compiled down to an executable on Windows takes about 7 mb of space because of t

To clarify the point with an example, a one line hello world python script when compiled down to an executable on Windows takes about 7 mb of space because of the runtime payload. But, a more complex 1000 line script wouldn't take up much more space - maybe 7.2 mb