It is not necessarily bad, but a language with a large standard library isn't small. The article prominently features the benefit of small languages, which (I o

It is not necessarily bad, but a language with a large standard library isn't small. The article prominently features the benefit of small languages, which (I only agree partly but notwithstanding) wouldn't apply to a language with a large standard library no matter the size of the core language. Therefore the article's final claim is invalid, no matter it actually turns out to be true or not.