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On Mac, for me, even the process of getting java was more difficult than the entire setup process for some languages. "Ok here's the download page for Java, ok
by arijun 9y ago
On Mac, for me, even the process of getting java was more difficult than the entire setup process for some languages.
"Ok here's the download page for Java, ok, but I need the JRE too, right? Ok here's the JRE, but it's a different version than Java, is that a problem? Also didn't I remember there being some issue with the newest Java--can I use that yet or will it screw everything up again? Now that I've downloaded everything, do I, like, need to put them somewhere so they're in my path? Ugh and now I have autoupdaters for Java bugging me every few weeks?"
Python: "Download anaconda, install done"
Rust (which I just tried for the first time this week): "Download rust, done."
- spinningarrow 9y agoI agree installing Java is not fun, but if you use homebrew then the easiest way to install it on the Mac is: `brew cask install java`.
- arijun 9y agoThank you for telling me that, much easier than using oracles installer. It's still not exactly that easy since clojurescript does not work with the latest java so you have to do some finagling to get it to install java8 but still much easier. I still maintain that java is the closest to malware a reasonable developer will put on their system.