I'm very interested to see these examples? We use and advocate the use of conda environments and I'm happy to be convinced otherwise.
Thanks, Ashwin On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Maxime Boissonneault <maxime.boissonnea...@calculquebec.ca> wrote: > Regarding performance, we have example of code using Anaconda-provided > packages that run 10 times slower than the same code using locally built > packages, optimized for the cluster architectures. That's not *a bit* > slower, that's a lot slower. > > Regarding "cheating on your partner", that analogy is not by me, but the > point he is trying to carry is that Anaconda basically replaces any cluster > provided versions, which HPC center people are working hard to optimize. > Recent versions of Anaconda are even worse, by packaging things like > compilers and linkers, creating conflicts with cluster-provided system > libraries and tools, and creating a lot of debugging problems for users and > support people alike. > > Regards, > > Maxime > > > On 2018-08-28 12:48 PM, Rémi Rampin wrote: > > 2018-08-28 12:27 EDT, Maxime Boissonneault > <maxime.boissonnea...@calculquebec.ca>: >> >> As a side-discussion, I think we should also be wary of using Anaconda, >> and tell users not to use it in a cluster environment. For reasons, see >> here : >> https://twitter.com/mboisso/status/1034476890353020928 > > > Hi Maxime, > > All I see in this thread is that "it's like cheating on your partner" (!!!) > and it's "generically optimized software" that might be a bit slower than > locally-built libs (interesting concern when using Python, an interpreted > scripting language (and on the slow side too)). > > Could you elaborate on those reasons? > > Best > -- > Rémi > > > The Carpentries / discuss / see discussions + participants + delivery > options Permalink ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T1505f74d7f6e32f8-Mad4fadc6a6da6de2b5f2aeb9 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
