Some developers like to use the AMD API to code modular JavaScript, but after doing an optimized build, they do not want to include a full AMD loader like RequireJS, since they do not need all that functionality.

In the context of Javascript modules, AMD refers to a format specification which makes modules easier to use. See http://requirejs.org/docs/whyamd.html#amd

Some use cases, like mobile, are very sensitive to file sizes.

By including almond in the built file, there is no need for RequireJS. almond is around **1 kilobyte** when minified with Closure Compiler and gzipped.