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#412: PEP 711 - Distributing Python Binaries

Talk Python To Me

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How to Write a Python Package Installer

It's possible right so like so kind is written Python right but and the way so it makes the distribution a little complicated because when you when you get your conda data nature mini conda you're like the installer. So yeah but the main reasons I'm not to go that way is one is just was more interesting to me it's one thing. There's also like you know every language has trade offs right and the exact set of things you want from a package installer are kind of right in Rust sweet spot and not Python's. You can make it work but you know it's not as straightforward or something there'd be more possible thing moving parts things that could go wrong.

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