(formerly Continuum Analytics), a company founded by two Python veterans: Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant.īesides Python, it also supports R, and it does this cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux. In this article, we will give you a high-level overview of the benefits of using the Anaconda Python distribution for machine learning, and we will guide you step-by-step on how to install it on your computer.Īnaconda is a Python distribution maintained by Anaconda, Inc. Anaconda is the most popular Python distribution among data scientists, mostly because it makes their life easier in multiple ways (which we will discuss below).
