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by jacknagel 5487 days ago
Troll. Nothing to see here.

Edit:

> I am simply trying to develop an application, is there a good reason why I am compiling libxml2 and all of its dependencies?

I'm pretty sure that libxml2 has no dependencies other than the standard C library.

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Agreed. Legendary troll.

OS X and Linux have different kernels, which means different I/O & process schedulers, different file systems, and a whole host of other implementation details that you'll write off as having been abstracted away until you have your first serious encounter

1) What does this have to do with web development? A web developer delegates those kinds of details to a web server.

2) This is a non-issue for most applications, thanks to the magic of POSIX. (results may vary)

2) Last time I checked, web development didn't involve intimate knowledge of POSIX implementation details on different UNIX and UNIX-like systems. There are libraries for that.

Ted Dziuba - Full-Stack Web Programming

Oh now it makes sense. Someone is trying to differentiate themselves. Pass.