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> Thankfully I am.  I confess I don't understand how *nix people endure having
> to compile code instead of having a binary install.  To me it's like going
> to the garage to buy a new car, being shown the parts and the tool kit and
> being told to get on with it.  Perhaps it's a case of second class treatment
> for users of a second class OS?  Ducks and runs for cover :)

And we can't understand how you can put up without source. :-) Also,
Unix isn't one platform like Windows, ABI incompatibility and all.

Really, for most things these days it's just

    pip install foo

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