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From my own experience interacting with Microsoft developers, there are more using Macs (with Boot Camp dual boots) then you might expect. But it's hardly a ma
by 1propionyl 7y ago
From my own experience interacting with Microsoft developers, there are more using Macs (with Boot Camp dual boots) then you might expect.
But it's hardly a majority (or even that many at all). If you're developing primarily on the CLR or for one the the many Microsoft sub platforms, the first-party tooling is actually quite good. It's only when you need to do both, or stray from one a bit too much, that things become arduous.
Generally however, the Mac users are almost always essentially Microsoft developers who have to target both Windows and Linux and don't want to deal with managing/maintaining a Linux daily driver. MacOS is "close enough". It's pretty representative of the non-Microsoft developers in similar situations.
And no: the Linux Subsystem isn't enough for them either.