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Dec 2024
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#489: Anaconda Toolbox for Excel and mor...

MICHAEL KENNEDY
About this episode
Peter Wang has been pushing Python forward since the early days of its data science roots. We're lucky to have him back on the show. We're going to talk about the Anaconda Toolbox for Excel as well as many other trends and topics that are hot in the Python space right now. I'm sure you'll enjoy listening to the two of us exchanging our takes on the topics an ... Show More
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