OS + Programming Benefits?

[Gregrs]

Are there any benefits to using a certain operating system for programming? Besides linux.

Regardless, what I'm trying to ask is, are there any advantages to using a certain operating system for programming. For example, maybe windows 8.1/10 works really well and is faster with visual studio. Or maybe the operating system is just faster in general which "speeds up" coding when dealing with algorithms and stuff like that.

 

Does it matter?

[Oberon.Smite]

With Windows, not really. Almost all programs run almost the same on all OS'es after 7 AFAIK. In other words basically same level of optimization on all Windows versions.

[VAkena]

Are there any benefits to using a certain operating system for programming? Besides linux.

Regardless, what I'm trying to ask is, are there any advantages to using a certain operating system for programming. For example, maybe windows 8.1/10 works really well and is faster with visual studio. Or maybe the operating system is just faster in general which "speeds up" coding when dealing with algorithms and stuff like that.

 

Does it matter?

 

Well, C# seems to be pretty good. You can develop applications for iOS, Mac OS X, Android and Windows. Although to develop for iOS and Mac OS X you'll need Xamarin Studio from my experiences. C# also has tight integration with Unity so you can develop games with it using Visual Studio. All in all, C# is an all-round good language.

[BrightCandle]

Java on mac is an issue. Mac also has IO performance issues due to the way its kernel is designed which manifests most in database access. Mac also has a lot less tools in general for programmers, I had issues with test proxies and all sorts of other things, I know a lot of people laud Mac's for programmers but my experience was it was lacking the niche tools you find on Linux and Windows. Linux has the best environment for programming but if you are on windows you can get the 95% most used with cygwin.