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It sure seems to me that "enterprise" Linux distros not supporting modern languages/compilers (e.g., Python 2.7 in RHEL6) only hurts Linux adoption overall and
by magduf 9y ago
It sure seems to me that "enterprise" Linux distros not supporting modern languages/compilers (e.g., Python 2.7 in RHEL6) only hurts Linux adoption overall and its reputation.
- hermitdev 9y agoTo a degree. But, on the same token, large enterprises, especially financial, typically value stability and are risk averse when it comes to core infrastructure. So, yeah, you don't always get the latest shiny things.
- bluGill 9y agoOld is the keyword you are missing there. Linux distributions, even enterprise ones have great C++11 support. However RHEL is designed for those who are thinking "I got this working now lets not break it". There is no reason to want C++11 on RHEL5 - the only valid reason to do anything on that system is if you already have a working server and need to do a bug fix. If you want to write new features you should be targeting the latest RHEL where you do have all of that.
- gnufx 9y ago? $ repoquery python27 rh-python36-python python27-0:1.1-25.el6.x86_64 rh-python36-python-0:3.6.3-1.el6.x86_64