Another reason is how much the standard library provided (csv, zip, so much). The XKCD comic says it all https://xkcd.com/353/ https://xkcd.com/353/ In a wor

Another reason is how much the standard library provided (csv, zip, so much). The XKCD comic says it all https://xkcd.com/353/ https://xkcd.com/353/ In a world before good dependency and package management, being able to do most things using the standard library made things much easier!