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Conda can manage a few things beyond just Pip. Things like binaries, system libs, R installs. I'm not entirely convinced that's a good thing, but it's an easy
by tel 7y ago
Conda can manage a few things beyond just Pip. Things like binaries, system libs, R installs.
I'm not entirely convinced that's a good thing, but it's an easy path to managing those sorts of libraries alongside your Python libs.
- RobinL 7y agoOne reason it can be very useful is that a conda environment gives data scientists a super easy way to Dockerise their code. Binder (https://mybinder.org/ https://mybinder.org/) is a good example of how well this can work - anyone can reproduce your work using e.g. Jupyter hosted on a binder, build from a conda env.