From: jmatthews@nova.wright.edu (Dr. John B. Matthews)
Subject: Re: Ada-compiler for Macintosh?
Date: 1996/11/07
Date: 1996-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1996Nov7.181946@nova.wright.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: collins-0411960921020001@ratbert.cs.wm.edu
In article <collins-0411960921020001@ratbert.cs.wm.edu>, collins@cs.wm.edu (Bob Collins) writes:
> I'm really disappointed that Intermetrics decided not to
> build a Macintosh Ada compiler.
Me too! But Applet Magic shows promise. And an MPW tool or
Metrowerks drop-in is not forbidden.
> Most Macintosh users do
> not consider an Ada compiler running in Unix on top of the
> MacOS to be a "Macintosh" Ada compiler. If a Macintosh user
> wanted Unix, why not buy a PC and install Linux?
'Cause then you lose MacOS, something dear to "most Macintosh
users." MachTen is a very well bahaved Mac application, with a
command line interface that complements the desktop experience. Like
MPW, the code you build with the MachTen tools is every bit a
stand-alone Mac application.
John
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"Whom the gods would destroy, they first invite to program in C"
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1996-10-27 0:00 Ada-compiler for Macintosh? Odo Wolbers
1996-11-01 0:00 ` Greg Bond
1996-11-01 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-11-04 0:00 ` Bob Collins
1996-11-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-11-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-06 0:00 ` Greg Bond
1996-11-07 0:00 ` G SINGH POONIA
1996-11-07 0:00 ` Dr. John B. Matthews [this message]
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