Re:How Python virtual environments work
by justinsaccount on Monday March 13, 2023 @05:32PM
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See my above comment, there's a reason why all of your examples work:
Java package managers tend to install packages written in java
Go installs packages written in go, and maybe C using cgo
Cargo installs packages written in rust
php package managers install packages written in PHP, extra extensions are rare
etc
People having trouble with python are NOT having trouble with python. They are having trouble because they are trying to use packages that are just python bindings to absolutely massively complex c++ and Fortran libraries.
Often people using python don't even have a C compiler installed (let alone a fortran one for the scientific stuff), so pip blows up the first time they try to install a package that hasn't been pre-built for their system+python version.
Java package managers tend to install packages written in java
Go installs packages written in go, and maybe C using cgo
Cargo installs packages written in rust
php package managers install packages written in PHP, extra extensions are rare
etc
People having trouble with python are NOT having trouble with python. They are having trouble because they are trying to use packages that are just python bindings to absolutely massively complex c++ and Fortran libraries.
Often people using python don't even have a C compiler installed (let alone a fortran one for the scientific stuff), so pip blows up the first time they try to install a package that hasn't been pre-built for their system+python version.