Matt Parker's Crappy Python Challenge

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This change alone would also help:

Julia startup speed cut in half. Was: (Unofficial) Julia 1.9 for lower latency (startup)

[None of this needs 1.9, I’m timing with 1.8.1 currently.] FYI: The search in the docs finds nothing for filter_stdlibs only for filter_stdlibs=true (and then only under Apps). That seems like a bug in the search function not your package (or then only for the markup you use). Would you be opposed to the official Julia binary download including a non-default sysimage for scripting and benchmarks (I think Debian’s would approve of it, though maybe only if it’s an official one) with it, as I des…