Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, Rust, Go, and even Java can be deployed? Are we stuck with requiring everyone to install the Python runtime first before they can use a Python program? And why are all the workarounds for this problem so clunky? One of the features that makes Python so appealing — its dynamism — is also the reason P...