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'nix bigotry is teh suck (Score:2)
But, after you've submitted your 427th patch to make yet another library Windows compatible because yet another Linux dev decided to shell out with a 'grep' command it seriously starts to grind you down over the years.
It's not just Unix bigotry. I've noticed a serious trend towards Linux bigotry (or rather, the GNU toolchain), as I've run into my share of problems with libraries that wouldn't build properly on Solaris, too.
What I would like is for developers to think in advance about writing cross platform code instead of just, "Oh, I'll just toss this out there and wait for the patches", which is how it often feels.
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I agree, having tried to write cross-platform C code (which is an order of magnitude more difficult than cross-platform Perl, Python, or Ruby code). Of course, it doesn't help that the default Solaris compiler is apparently dumber than most forms of rocks. (Not Shale. Shale is particularly dumb.