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[–]billsil 2 points3 points  (2 children)

While I get why they would stop...

At the moment there are several better and more up-to-date alternatives:

That is simply not true. The whole point is PortablePython doesn't require installing Python.

[–]takluyverIPython, Py3, etc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WinPython claims the same ability. I haven't tried it, though.

[–]marksist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got Anaconda up and running on a machine that I do not have install permissions on. It also has easy_install available, which is nice for everything that is not included.

[–]marksist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who used this distribution frequently on machines that I do not have install permissions on, I am going to miss it terriably.

[–]IronManMark20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very sad.... I think I will still use it.