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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ a good place to start is the `project issue tracker `_ is that it is
+One of the advantages of the `Anaconda Python environment `_ is that it is
cheap to set up (and discard) Python environments for development versions of packages and populate them with your
favorite scientific tools.