I think a better definition might be: "A lib to access libraries you can use without installing 3rd party packages". That way, Unix's packages included in the stdlib will be accessible on Unix only. As referenced by @Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com>, a way to namespace. Like right now if you want to know the stdlib functions, you have to go through the docs. While teaching programming, i find the builtins module very convenient as students can discover by themselves. Similarly, a stdlib module when inspected, shows what you can import right out of the box. Inspection goes a long way in making learning fun, going through the dosctrings etc.
-- Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club | https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ Mauritius
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