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Because of Terminal. It means most software you would use on a web server will install easily with the help of HomeBrew etc...

I've seen developers waste an entire week trying to get basic things like docker to run on Windows...

I'm sure things have gotten better in Windows land, but now that I already have my Macbook, the impetus for change is just not there...

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I have read a fair bit about Python being a mess on Macs recently, and a few years ago Java was apparently a mess. I don't use a mac so I wouldn't know, but is it really just a case of installing things easily on a Mac?

I've had zero problem installing Python and pyenv from Homebrew and just getting things done.

If it's available on Homebrew and up to date(!), then most of the time it's two or three commands to install. However, when homebrew doesn't do the job 100%, then you are likely better off trying to build from source rather than play around with how homebrew works to "fix" its install

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