Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?
by whipoodle on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:48PM
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It is a bit more of a pain to work with than similar features in other languages. Like as far as I know you can't just move a venv, you have to rebuild it in the new place. Whereas `node_modules` is just a dir. Also, there is a weird layering where venv abstracts away installed eggs/wheels/whatever they're calling them these days, but then since that's still painful to work with, you need another layer on top like virtualenvtools or burrito or whatever it is. (Sorry, it's been a couple years so my memory is fuzzy)
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"a bit"? honestly I would say it's much closer to a lot more pain
Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?
by whipoodle on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:49PM
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I was being kind. :)
Yeah, Python's environment/import logic is really convoluted. It evolved organically with little forethought, and only got a minimal pruning with Python 3.
Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?
by chrshawkes on Thursday September 14, 2017 @05:33PM
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It was essentially created by one dude no?