Yeah, I get the impression some believe they're comparing apples with apples because they're both interpreted languages, but we don't exactly send Python scripts to millions of arbitrary clients, all of which execute them immediately.

Guido is the one who picked Python's name. Wikipedia actually has an entire article on the history of Python:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Python>

Plausible but not sure it's entirely relevant. Most libs have parts that aren't used all the time. A lib that has no redundant parts is either a gem or a minuscule thing that will create a lot of miniscule deps.