Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win?
by selcuka on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @07:45PM
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pip (with venvs, which is a built-in Python feature) covers 99% percent of all use cases.
Yes, its dependency resolution could have been better, and lock files are nice (which can be emulated using constraints [1]) but I don't understand why people are so busy writing alternatives. I work on pretty sophisticated codebases on a daily basis and haven't used anything but pip.
Yes, its dependency resolution could have been better, and lock files are nice (which can be emulated using constraints [1]) but I don't understand why people are so busy writing alternatives. I work on pretty sophisticated codebases on a daily basis and haven't used anything but pip.
[1] https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#constraints-files