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I use Python scripts every day, dozens of times a day, on Mac OS. I’d still prefer not to have Python integrated. Having multiple random versions floating around on the system (v2 plus a random v3 if you have Xcode installed) has been way more of a headache than it’s be worth.

I would much rather just have Mac OS come without Python and set up pyenv myself.

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See, this is kind of the opposite situation, because you can bother to install a good Python that suits your needs. I’d just like a Python for the times I am at my mom’s computer and need to write a quick script, and I don’t want to install anything just for that. For conflicts: I wish Apple let you uninstall the “system” versions. But I still would like to keep them.

As someone who works with PHP on Mac OS, the installed version was nothing more than annoyance you have to deal with if you're using the actual runtime. Otherwise, used Docker and ignored it.

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