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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by chaostheory on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:51AM (#13724114)
Developing on Windows is only ok if you're a .Net, Java, or node.js developer; which arguably encompasses a lot of developers. However it's a pain if you're using anything else
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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by pjmlp on Friday February 24, 2017 @01:25PM (#13726204)
Sure, but according to many on HN, being a .NET, Java, JavaScript, C++, Swift, Objective-C, Android, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, PG/SQL, PS3, PS4, WiiU, XBox 360, XBox ONE, Swift, Cobol, RPG,... isn't being a developer, as it implies for whatever magical reason to use POSIX and a UNIX CLI.
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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by chaostheory on Friday February 24, 2017 @07:23PM (#13729214)
I either may not be reading HN as much to see the trend or you may be confusing HN with reddit.

(btw most video game development is in C/C++)

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by pjmlp on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:35AM (#13730822)
> video game development is in C/C++

So what? It surely isn't done in GNU/Linux or UNIX.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by chaostheory on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:21PM (#13732935)
My point is that there's no need to list 'PS3, PS4, WiiU, XBox 360, XBox ONE' separately when it's covered by 'C/C++'. Just being pedantic.

I also still don't see HN's bias against using Windows as a dev environment, especially when a lot of people on HN create stuff on .Net. Sure a lot of people like nix and Apple here, but it doesn't mean they look down on people who develop on Windows just because they don't want to do it themselves.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by bnchrch on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:56AM (#13724162)
Why Node? I'd assume the 2nd class unix support would still make it a pain.
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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by chaostheory on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:53AM (#13725337)
Because I'm assuming MS invested a lot in both Node and npm to be a 1st class citizens on Windows. I was pleasantly surprised as well when I started working with it last year on Win 7; everything worked out of the box without any tweaks such as the use of Cygwin.

I was free in choosing my tech stack but I couldn't choose my OS, even Windows 10... which means I don't have access to Docker. I couldn't use a VM either because the app needed to run on Windows.

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