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I am absolutely no kind of programmer but I prefer to compile from source on my own, when I can. For example, the first thing I did yesterday after clean installing Yosemite Beta 4 was to compile Scrypt.

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Can I perhaps ask why? Is it a trust issue that you don't like accepting a prebuilt binary from some random on the internet?

I just enjoy the control.

That''s quite witty! Do you also make all of your bread from the base ingredients too? :-)

For example, I like running the latest version of Vim (OS X is often behind). Compiling from the source, I can control what the binary is named (to avoid a name collision with the built in Vim), I can control the features (--with-features), and I can have it install to a directory of my choosing (~/Applications, where I also have scrypt install).I also install Lame and FLAC this way.

As for bread, no, I am horrible at cooking!

That's quite wise, particularly regarding the feature selection. Such joy from having the source!

I suppose I never run into this problem because I don't use the software to its full extent and therefore don't miss any features! I must be lazy.

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