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> I'm concerned that Apple's move to ARM with the next generation will make them non-viable as a daily driver for dev work. Nothing will change, you’ll have st
by monkin 6y ago
> I'm concerned that Apple's move to ARM with the next generation will make them non-viable as a daily driver for dev work.
Nothing will change, you’ll have still possibility to work as a developer, with each year even more and more. Adding to that Apple will not ditch intel any time soon, at least until they can satisfied needs for most customers pro and not.
People are always afraid of changes on big scale, but they are good to move industry forward. Embrace it and don’t panic too soon. :)
EDIT: Yes, of course downvotes. To anyone doing this, you can still use your favorite C64 but don’t slow down the rest of the world.
- yakshaving_jgt 6y agoI don't think it's helpful to be so nonchalant about Apple's breaking changes. It would come at significant cost to my organisation if Apple made changes to MacOS that meant Nix would no longer function. That almost happened. Luckily, the Nix developers found a workaround for Catalina, though it's awkward and it's more to maintain. Changing the arch is also costly and has far-reaching implications, and the work that goes into mitigating this is not insignificant. https://www.haskell.org/ghc/blog/20200515-ghc-on-arm.html https://www.haskell.org/ghc/blog/20200515-ghc-on-arm.html
- monkin 6y agoLike everything in life changes cost one way or another, it doesn’t mean it’s bad. ;)
- yakshaving_jgt 6y agoI think that's easy to say if you're not the guy paying the bills.
- monkin 6y agoYes, of course, have a great day and everything.