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james-mcelwain on Dec 17, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clang 5 in a Docker container for C++17

Unless you've found a serious bug / security vulnerability, Docker doesn't mess with your OS. On OSX / Windows (and this is definitely an argument against Docker ux), it's not even running on your OS but a separate VM.

jstimpfle on Dec 17, 2017 [–]

I did not mean "now docker messes with the OS", but "now docker is the one who messes with the thing in the container".

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