It's possible install only the components you want from Visual Studio. I chocolatey to install only the compiler and a component needed to compile Cython codes on Windows:

``` choco install -y visualstudio2019buildtools choco install -y visualstudio2019-workload-vctools ```

I this case it's installing Visual Studio 2019.

If we're talking about base OS install then its a different story. Which options do they choose as default for all users? Are you suggesting that Microsoft create an OOTB setup perfectly custom tailored to this one tiny niche requirement to compile Python whatever?

Even on Linux the OOTB setup is useless for my development. I always need to `apt install` all the compilers, frameworks, libraries, SDK's, utilities, etc, before its usable.

they can ship a compiler that isn't a giant pile of shit then

there are free ones

A compiler without system libraries is useless.

All of those little apt get install ....-dev to spend an afternoon on.

Followed by installing Clion, QtCreator or KDE + KDevelop.

You should get a job at Microsoft and fix it.

i'd sooner breakfast on goat vomit