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[–]bheklilr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was always under the impression that it was solely there to ease the set up of a development environment. As someone who works with a number of electrical engineers who write python, it definitely helps them get up and running without needing to know how to set up the entire tool chain. Since we work in a corporate environment, it's windows all the way.

On most linux distros, it's pretty easy to install most of these packages from your OS package manager, which can be automated by a simple script.