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Re:Python Wheels Crosses 90% by pas on Monday June 08, 2020 @05:37AM (#23455083)
Conda is "pip" for people who know _nothing_ about pip/operating-systems/IT. It is basically a way to have a working environment without understanding that maybe pandas and numpy and scikit are not Python built-in modules, and that maybe you'd need a working C/C++ (and even a Fortran compiler too) to install it.

It's great for that purpose, but - as far as I know - it has not much to do with general Python dependency management.

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Re:Python Wheels Crosses 90% by downerending on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:57PM (#23460725)
Conda does (in theory) handle python module dependencies well. In practice, like pip, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.

Note that you can use 'pip' within a 'conda' environment as well, so you can sort of have it both ways.

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