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I was surprised of the amount of Linux devs using C++ compared to the number of Windows devs (given the desktop marketshare). Also the fact that finance was lea
by fsloth 11y ago
I was surprised of the amount of Linux devs using C++ compared to the number of Windows devs (given the desktop marketshare). Also the fact that finance was leading sector using C++ - and by such a high margin - was unexpected to me.
- anastasiak2512 11y agoWe should say that these data found out to be very accurate if to look at our C++ tools users platform and areas distribution. It matches for 100%
- paulhodge 11y agoI'm guessing that it's the finance industry itself which accounts for a high Linux usage, since they mostly need C++ for server-side use. Another surprising number was that Windows users use GCC almost as often as Visual Studio. GCC on Windows is kind of a PITA, and the VS toolchain is really pretty good. Maybe people go with GCC because they need proper C99/C11 support.