I really don’t see the hassle… just pick one (e.g. pip/venv) and learn it in like half a day. It took college student me literally a couple hours to figure out how I could distribute a package to my peers that included compiled C++ code using pypi. The hardest part was figuring out how to cross compile the C++ lib. If you think it’s that hard to understand I really don’t know what to tell you…

Im honestly surprised someone using Python professionally appears to not know anything about how pip/venv work.

The points you think you are making here are just very clearly showing that you need to rtfm…

I have to agree, I maintain and develop packages in fortrat/C/C++ that use Python as a user interface, and in my experience pip just works.

You only need to throw together a ≈30 line setup.py and a 5 line bash script and then you never have to think about it again.

Infinite recursion be like

I’ve grown up learning to type on my regional layout. Why would I go through the hassle of re-learning key placements when most laptops/keyboards sold in my country use the regional layout? I don’t think I’ve ever been in a situation where I’ve had to work on any other layout for more than a few minutes.

• be easy to use correctly
• be hard to use incorrectly

C++ has entered the chat