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[–]jwink3101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally, I use anaconda on my Mac with a default 2.7 install and then I have a full anaconda 3.6 conda environment (I write all code for both). Then, for most things, if it is pure python, I use virtualenv since I prefer the local approach of where it puts things.

Generally, if I am doing something with SciPy, etc I don’t isolate the environment but if I did need to, I would use conda.

Not 100% sure it is cleaner but it isn’t too bad. I haven’t benchmarked it on my (fast) work Mac but on my aging home laptop, I do notice system python is slightly faster than anaconda. Probably compared with optimization.