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		azangru on July 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust Is Surprisingly Good as a Server Language > you're bound to Xcode (and therefore macOS) for development I would prefer languages that don't dictate what hardware/software to use for writing them.

save_ferris on July 13, 2020 [–]

I get that, but it still doesn't explain why the above poster used the MacOS market share as a detractor in this case. If you value languages that don't dictate hardware/software for you, then Apple was probably never a serious contender for you.

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