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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @10:47PM (#20111160)
Homebrew installs its own binaries in a way that they won't interfere with the macOS-supplied versions. It doesn't use a container or anything like that. Certainly not a full-on VM.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned (feels weird to say that as a 25-year-old, but here we are), but I quite like not having everything be in a container all the time.

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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by saagarjha on Thursday June 06, 2019 @12:51AM (#20111685)
> Homebrew installs its own binaries in a way that they won't interfere with the macOS-supplied versions

Correction: Homebrew usually installs its binaries in a way that doesn't interfere with the ones provided with the system. It will occasionally override or shadow them and things will break.

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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by toyg on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:49AM (#20113569)
> It will occasionally override or shadow them

That's extremely rare, these days. When a conflict is possible, they just drop the new version in the cellar and tell you what to do if you really want to risk shooting yourself in the foot.

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