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		super_mario on July 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python Best Practices for a New Project in 2021 Why use pyenv when venv is built into Python 3? Also, pip installs your dependencies into active venv, so I don't see a point in using anything else.

blooalien on July 5, 2021 [–]

Because pyenv [1] and venv [2] are entirely different things that do two completely different jobs?

[1]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

[2]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

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