From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7741f8aef7268573 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jmatthews@nova.wright.edu (Dr. John B. Matthews) Subject: Re: Ada-compiler for Macintosh? Date: 1996/11/07 Message-ID: <1996Nov7.181946@nova.wright.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 195160222 distribution: world references: <199610271435.a199@k2.maus.de> organization: Wright State University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. John B. Matthews jmatthews@nova.wright.edu; john_matthews@ccmail.dayton.saic.com "Whom the gods would destroy, they first invite to program in C"