What is Anaconda? | Travis Oliphant and Lex Fridman

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Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda.

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[apoorv]

Anaconda is a type of snake, its like python that graduated with dual degree. His main goal is to swallow stuff, likes DFs. Friends call him "conda", it's cool.

[osn]

One think that I want to know their business model, how they profit?

[MrSalleh]

My anaconda don't, my anaconda don't!

[matthewgraham]

The problem of plots is solved, R (ggplot, shiny etc) does it perfectly, the problem is that it is in R

[philobrien]

"What is Anaconda?"

Why not answer the question, instead of waffling on like a drunk at the bus stop?!

[dc]

lost artificially intelligent robots are a quandary

[alwaysquestionyouropinions]

We use it mainly with a PYQT6 for GUI system and then anaconda to handle the data science part in my CS degree. I like it alot. Python tools are so easy to use compared with my c++ classes. In c++ everything becomes a thought experiment.

[drinkbeetlejuice]

So what's the answer to the question? This guy talks a whole lot, but doesn't communicate much.

[travisfitzwater]

Anacondas are really good name bravo but what explains all these weird names that like you're almost impossible to remember I'm sure that silicon valley is great at writing complicated mathematical strings of digital characters and all but where's the common sense and where are the marketing directors by golly anyways I can come down there and straighten them all out if you want but somebody's going to pay me but anaconda is good Google's good Facebook is good I mean there's a lot of stuff that's got the right name but when you get down to these secondary and tertiary behind the scenes companies they got all these weird you know names but good good job anaconda forgetting the name that's you know clearly unique memorable appropriate in some you know stretch of a metaphorical way so it's all good peace