[TriLUG] Ubuntu vs Fedora, was Re: Linux Distribution for server Opinions

[Michael Peters]

Greg Cox wrote:

>  I can't fathom a reason that a
> production server should have a compiler installed (and, by the notion
> that staging and dev should mirror prod, none of the rest should either).

You're obviously not a developer. How can you have a development server without a compiler? Even 
working in a language like Perl of Python, there are modules that need a C compiler. And for 
troubleshooting production code, a compiler is essential.

Also, if you're using a system with JIT (just-in-time) compilation, then the code can compile itself 
as it's running, so you need that compiler on all servers (production, staging and dev).

-- 
Michael Peters
Plus Three, LP