I started using numpy around 2007 and didn’t see reliable binary installs with good numerical performance until I discovered anaconda, much later (2016?). Maybe

I started using numpy around 2007 and didn’t see reliable binary installs with good numerical performance until I discovered anaconda, much later (2016?). Maybe I hung out with the wrong people, or libraries. Some libraries did not have compiled wheels a few years ago, and M1 macs still run into the very occasional issue.