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I remember many many years ago taking an intro CS class and learning that the Java compiler was available on The newly released Mac OS X. I thought “Thank goodn
by sircastor 5y ago
I remember many many years ago taking an intro CS class and learning that the Java compiler was available on The newly released Mac OS X. I thought “Thank goodness I won’t need to use Windows” unfortunately, I never really got it to work. Some obscure errors prevented me from making progress and I wasn’t proactive enough to follow it any further.
The hardest thing about going against the grain in structured learning is that you’re giving yourself extra work - translating the instructions into whatever your toolset is, solving errors that don’t exist on the approved platforms. I wish the author the best of luck.
- analog31 5y agoThere's also a social aspect, where any problem that you encounter is immediately pinned on your choice of a peculiar setup, and becomes a story that gets told and repeated. You may have a professor who is suspicious that you are wasting time on what seems like a quixotic pursuit. So you actually have to go way overboard to ensure that your stuff always works perfectly, and that nobody ever sees you trying to troubleshoot something.