@Ed: I actually do C ('serious') development in a Linux environment. And you're completely right. I was just giving some reasons as to why other people prefer using a Mac for development. Windows does support python and perl (unsure about prolog) but it's not as friendly to the command line (just my opinion). It can do many tasks similar or in specific cases better than Windows or Mac OSX. (For example good management of memory consumption in Linux Web Severs, security networks, etc) Developers prefer Linux for its versatility, security, powerful and speed. For example to build their own servers. Dec 17, 2018  Nothing, unless you use XCode — the same story it’s been for years. The only reason it’s still even viable as a platform for web developers at all is because of the incredible work the open source community does on the Mac toolchain (take a look at how easy it is to use Node, npm, Yarn or any of the other relatively new tools out there).

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Stack Overflow reports that more developers now use OS X than Linux as their primary OS, and that if the trend continues, fewer than half of all developers will be using Windows next year.

Last year, Mac edged ahead of the Linuxes as the number 2 operating system among developers. This year it became clear that trend is real. If OS adoption rates hold steady, by next year’s survey fewer than 50% of developers may be using Windows.

The site says it carried out ‘the most comprehensive developer survey ever conducted,’ with more than 56,000 coders across 173 countries taking part.

In mobile development, more were still developing for Android than iOS – 61.9% versus 47.5% – but Swift is now used by almost a third of developers. Swift was also the second most loved language after Rust.

There are many more stats to be found in the full survey results.

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