> You can get all the packages you need for web development, AI or statistical/mathematical stuff in python from say debian packages Um... not quite that simpl

> You can get all the packages you need for web development, AI or statistical/mathematical stuff in python from say debian packages Um... not quite that simple. If you are just developing for yourself, and you have full control over the deployment environment, then of course things are quite simple. (Assuming you don't need to track a fast-moving ecosystem, like machine learning, where packages update constantly and there is a huge rat's nest of interdependencies between OS, kernel, hardware drivers, and algorithmic libraries.)