I was also wondering why it starts with docker. But since this post is targeted for data science or becoming data science folk maybe the idea is to also support windows users?
That isn't to say that the Unix utilities are without merit. I have used them extensively for similar tasks. That being said, it is in environments where everyone used some version of Unix (typically Linux, Solaris, or Mac OS X).
Because then you're also looking at getting people using the same version of python and your dependencies - and it's likely slower.
> That being said, it is in environments where everyone used some version of Unix (typically Linux, Solaris, or Mac OS X).
If only there was a technology aimed at sharing an exact same version for easy use ;)