NoName
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| Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ May 02 2016,07:40) | | NoName, that's an interesting comment about the Anaconda distribution of Python. I consider my life to have been made better by using Anaconda. What route is giving you a better, solid Python programming basis? I'd like to give it a try if it is FOSS. |
It was test install for a project that never came to be -- the Mac OS X Anaconda install completely screwed up my dev environment (largely Ruby and RubyMotion but with a variety of other tools and languages). It was a bugger to uninstall (although that's true for OS X regardless), and never worked 'as described'. I still have artifacts lingering scattered across my system; I'll put some time and effort into clearing them on 'real soon now'.
If the project had materialized, I'd have looked at building a Docker container to run it in. I've got Parallels, but it so badly bogs down the performance of my machine that I hate using it. It's been at least a year since I've launched my Windows install. I don't miss it ;-)
On the other hand, plain old ordinary Python from the standard distribution has been trouble-free from 2.3 on. I don't use it often, having developed a strong preference for Ruby, but I try to stay within a rev or two of 'latest release'.
Your mileage will likely vary, especially if you're not running on OS X.
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