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		odie5533 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3.13.0 Is Released If you're just writing tiny scripts for yourself, sure use the system Python. If you're doing work on a large Python app for production software, then using system Python isn't going to cut it.

mixmastamyk 11 months ago [–]

This is a restatement of my post with a restriction to tiny scripts. I don't restrict myself to _tiny_ scripts, some of my libraries are substantial.

Keeping the number of dependencies reasonable is probably the most important factor, rather than lines of code.

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