[francisl]

To be more accurate, it needs one variable. - Butt(s) per feature

That includes defects,

It's one of many reasons I like new compiled/vm languages like Go, Swift, Nim F#. You got the productivity of python, but near the performance of C. User wins, dev wins and planet wins.

[swiley]

The compilers, runtimes, and by extension requisite operating systems are fatter though.