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"Mill is a fast, scalable, multi-language build tool that supports Java, Scala, Kotlin, and Python".

So, while I understand this tool can resonate in the JVM world, I have no idea why one would want to pull Java into their toolset in order to build Python.

I don’t know who is using mill but I’d guess Scala people and Scala frequently implies Spark which in turn implies PySpark. For instance I could see it being useful for a team building a source connector which will be Scala-centric but need some PySpark additions as well. Even without Spark, Scala is frequently used for data centric applications and those kinds of teams would naturally be working with python as well.

What does it even mean to "build" Python?

shouting at pip inconsistencies

I imagine creating a wheel file with your code, metadata and resources? Also recall that a lot of python packages have dependencies written in C, Fortran, Rust etc.

Also, many tools exist to create executable programs - basically bundling the python interpreter with some .py files, etc.

Yeah had the same thought actually

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