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GNU/Linux is also really great platform for programming. Things feel right, work right, and there are nice tools everywhere. I grew up in win32 land, and this r
by zx2c4 14y ago
GNU/Linux is also really great platform for programming. Things feel right, work right, and there are nice tools everywhere. I grew up in win32 land, and this really gave me some warped ideas about the world. But after about a decade or so of Linux programming, I'm finally feeling level-headed, as though switching to the Linux world were an intense psychotherapy. The 'hot demand' for 'Linux talent' might as well be motivated by HR requirements for a sane workplace.
- ericcholis 14y agoAgreed, I spend a large portion of my day in the Windows environment. It's a nice change when I get to work in a Linux environment. With that being said, Windows as a non .NET developer platform has come a long way. I rarely have any issues finding Python libraries that don't work on Windows. PHP Development has become much easier on Windows that it has been in the past. One of my personal glaring exceptions is having a working memcached extension for PHP on Windows.
- Vivtek 14y agoI will say, though, that OSS on Windows has really come a very long way in the last ten years. I use a normal OSS toolchain (Mingw32 and Strawberry Perl) end-to-end now, and that wasn't always possible.