Re: Apex command-line (was Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac)

[sampson@nosc.mil (Charles H. Sampson)]

In article <3l6f3k$2qr@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>"you must inform the person passing you information [that Rational has a
> complete command line interface]"
>
>I assume they know, I think it was someone from rational! The background
>here was that I was arguing that a command line capability was essential
>for convenient use of a compiler. Someone said, "no -- that's not true,
>look at the IDE's from Rational etc." In fact it appears that the design
>of APEX confirms rather than questions my original point!
>
>Now the question is: does anyone have a compiler that has no command line
>interface AT ALL tha they consider convenient to use ...

     I don't know about a _compiler_ with no command line interface or
"convenient to use", but Symantec's old Object Pascal integrated environ-
ment for the Mac had no command line interface.  You entered the environ-
ment in either of the two standard Mac ways and once there you manoeuvred
around within your "project" using the usual Mac menu items and dialogs.
I was quite satisfied with it, except for the problems inherent in the
language.

				Charlie