Terminal is always there. Languages are kinda stale, and you have to download the latest command-line tools to do much.
See my post on languages.
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1097&pid=1907
"You can get anything you want "
Since soooo many developers use macs for speed, quality and battery life, there is almost always a port of something cool available.
I hate airdrop, but now I just drop stuff in iCloud and access it there from other systems. At some point, ios adopted a REAL file system. Life got a whole lot better.
Got an M2 mac mini for $600. Can't beat that.
Same mail behavior on ios/phone
Hard to change since I was using Macs from day 1.
Also CP/M and linux, Solaris ... I had some fun, and still do.
One aerospace job, I had to write a program to run on 6 different systems (command languages). Some mental gymnastics involved.
Linux is going on the old Mac mini's. Will run just fine. I was running Yellow Dog Linux on the indestructible G3 laptop. Used that to boot Sun servers from bare metal via the serial port. (Adapter)
Look for my autobiography. 
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