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Why to use ‘python -m pip’

Fellow core developer and Canadian, Mariatta, asked on Twitter about python -m pip and who told her about that idiom along with asking for a reference explaining it: I learned sometime ago that we should be doing `python -m pip install ...` instead of simply `pip install ...` but now I can'
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Nov 2, 2019Why to use ‘python -m pip’ by pyprism135112
Jul 19, 2022Use `Python -m Pip` by behnamoh131135

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