Python on Windows

I think that python with Conda on windows works perfectly fine - or at least as well as conda ever works (i.e., it requires a complete reinstall and exorcism every 6 months). WSL is useful but it is limited and often low-performance and things like GPUs, file accses, etc. are a problem. I think its main purpose was to build out infrasture/tooling/etc. to support Azure - but I could be wrong. Regardless, saying python doesn’t work on windows and everyone just uses WSL is just not true.

With all of that said, it doesn’t change anything. Requiring a functioning python dependency for ANYTHING related to Julia is a nightmare. Keeping a python installation with pip/conda working for python alone is hard enough - regardless of which operating system is used!

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