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Part of it is Windows being Windows, but part of it is languages/runtimes treating Windows as a second-class platform, which is understandable but a predictable

by qsort 5y ago

Part of it is Windows being Windows, but part of it is languages/runtimes treating Windows as a second-class platform, which is understandable but a predictable source of problems. See e.g. Python, which runs just fine everywhere.

jack_pp 5y ago
python doesn't have the same packaging shitshow as JS does though
speedgoose 5y ago
Python is slow everywhere.
DangitBobby 5y ago
The situation has probably improved (WSL of course is an option now), but when I first got started, I found developing in Python on Windows to be a nightmare of compatibility problems that I simply wasn't experienced enough to figure out. Lots of things I needed just wouldn't install and I'd see inscrutable C compilation errors or log messages about eggs and wheels. I actually ended up switching to Linux for work and personal use because of it.