> By the way, "batteries included" is one of the BEST features of python. > More languages need "batteries included", maybe like Perl. Agreed with both points,

> By the way, "batteries included" is one of the BEST features of python. > More languages need "batteries included", maybe like Perl. Agreed with both points, the lack of batteries makes Lua quite annoying for me personally. Python and Perl are much more comfortable because you don't have to hunt down the most common operations. Of course, Perl 6 has decided not ship batteries included, replacing batteries with a fusion reactor instead.