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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by seanmcdirmid on Friday July 12, 2024 @11:28PM (#40951544)
A lot of engineers who use windows aren’t programmers. This is because a lot of custom engineering packages that require windows, especially since they were developed 20 years ago when windows was dominate.

But programmers have many more choices, and visual studio shops aren’t very common anymore, at least in the developed world, and I would bet countries like Russia and China as well.

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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by watwut on Saturday July 13, 2024 @05:26AM (#40952846)
Quite a lot of programmers use windows, because they require less maintenance and there is no reason not to.
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by owl57 on Saturday July 13, 2024 @07:42AM (#40953491)
Are you sure any of the three major operating systems require much maintenance these days?
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by xprn on Saturday July 13, 2024 @07:52AM (#40953525)
At least for linux, I would assume that it hugely comes down to how much of a personal statement the OS is to developers.

I use Arch btw.

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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by owl57 on Monday July 15, 2024 @02:18AM (#40965661)
Well, yes, "Linux" is not well-specified. When one installs Arch, they hopefully know what they want, and it's something else than just a low-maintenance casual desktop OS. :)
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by seanmcdirmid on Saturday July 13, 2024 @12:34PM (#40955030)
Mac’s don’t require much maintenance either, and last longer then Lenovo things. When I worked tech in Beijing already a lot of programmers used them, even in changping around Lenovo’s big R&D office.
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by oefrha on Saturday July 13, 2024 @05:35AM (#40952892)
You don’t have to be a Visual Studio shop to use Windows machines, just like you don’t need to be an Xcode shop to use Macs.
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by seanmcdirmid on Saturday July 13, 2024 @09:01AM (#40953864)
Sure, older tools are also feasible on windows. But if you are going with clang or GC, why bother? I guess you could do java dev on windows as well as other platforms.
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Re:Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows by binary132 on Saturday July 13, 2024 @08:54AM (#40953825)
There’s also the whole world of Java software and engineering which all pretty much Just Works on Windows.
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