Why does #Python code come in wheel (.whl) files?
An alternate name for PyPI is the Cheeseshop, after a Monty Python skit about a shop with nothing in stock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A&t=35s
https://cheeseshop.python.org still takes you to PyPI.
How is cheese shipped? In wheels!
Ned Batchelder /
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2023-06-13 11:08:23
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