Two Questions [OT]

[1100110]

On 2/5/14, 6:55, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 12:33:25 UTC, 1100110 wrote:
>> On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote:
>>>> Popped into my head today.
>>>>
>>>> What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and
>>>> what proportion works with a 64 bit OS?
>>>
>>> I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when
>>> that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions.
>>>
>>>> And why?
>>>
>>> Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on
>>> development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win!
>>>
>>> I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development
>>> there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my
>>> hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt.
>>>
>>> [1]: http://brew.sh/
>>
>> Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up.  You'd
>> recommend Brew over the alternatives?  Sorry, rather new to developing
>> with this OS...
>
> Yes use brew *not* macports. The reason is brew is more well behaved
> where it installs libs and doesn't need root permissions.

Oh good, I came very close to installing macports yesterday.  Thanks!