Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments
NOTE: use Perl; is on undef hiatus. You can read content, but you can't post it. More info will be forthcoming forthcomingly.

All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report

use Perl Log In

Log In

[ Create a new account ]

ambs (3914)

ambs
  reversethis-{tp. ... la} {ta} {eibla}
http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/~albie

Journal of ambs (3914)

Saturday July 17, 2004
02:56 PM

Macs and Perl

[ #19900 ]

For some time I've been observing that most Perl hackers use Mac (Leon Brocard and Simon Cozens, at least, which I can remember).

I, on the other hand, have been working with Linux (Slackware). What can I gain buying a Mac?


List all Journal entries
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

Macs and Perl 6 Comments More | Login | Reply /

 Full
 Abbreviated
 Hidden
More | Login | Reply
Loading... please wait.
  • I used linux for 8 years I think. two years ago I bough a TiBook. I don't think I'll ever go back.

    I got tired of compiling modules and software and fixing little things to make the basic environment work. Granted: linux is more efficient than Mac OS X, but my Mac *always* works. I never had to fix nothing serious in 2 years of everyday use.

    Sleep and hibernation just work. Since 10.3 (Panther release) you can compile most opensource software if you really want to. There are at least 3 distributions of open
    --
    life is short
    • I got tired of compiling modules and software and fixing little things to make the basic environment work.

      So did I, so I switched to Debian.

      Slackware is, like Windows, Gentoo and FreeBSD, for people who like to spend time getting things to work. Lazy people use Debian, rich lazy people buy a Mac. :)
      • Slackware is, like Windows, Gentoo and FreeBSD, for people who like to spend time getting things to work. Lazy people use Debian, rich lazy people buy a Mac. :)

        :) the price has gone down. I'm writing this in a 2 years old machine. You can buy a iBook with the same power under euro 1000. That's not terrible expensive, if you compare features with PC's.

        Best regards,

        --
        life is short
  • It's Unix with a friendly face. That's all I need.
    • You must be rebooting a lot, then.

      n.b. I'm assuming the "friendly Mac" is still the first thing you see when booting...

      • The friendly Mac doesn't come with OS X I don't believe. And OS 9 wasn't unix, and it was therefore useless to me.
Stories, comments, journals, and other submissions on use Perl; are Copyright 1998-2006, their respective owners.