Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac

Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac

[Anita Holmgren]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
Phone:  805-963-6983
FAX:    805-962-8202    
Contact:   Anita Holmgren       
Internet:  anita@tenon.com
<http://www.tenon.com>

                        
Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac

MachTen CodeBuilder � An affordable software development tool for the 
next generation MacOS
                                                                                                           

        Santa Barbara, CA, January 7, 1997.  Tenon Intersystems has 
extended MachTen � its highly-regarded UNIX system for Apple computers � 
to include the Objective-C and the GNAT-Ada 95 tool suite.    MachTen 
CodeBuilder, a new offering from Tenon being demonstrated this week at 
Macworld in San Francisco,  includes C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Ada95 
and Fortran77.  CodeBuilder can be used in combination with standard 
Macintosh editors and compilers to develop Macintosh applications, X 
applications, and UNIX applications.

        MachTen CodeBuilder extends MacOS with a family of 
dynamically-linked, shared libraries that, like a Java virtual machine, 
create a UNIX virtual machine-based execution environment with 
pre-emptive multi-tasking.  Tenon�s MachTen UNIX is based on the same 
Carnegie Mellon Mach and BSD UNIX foundation as Steve Jobs� NeXT OS, 
making CodeBuilder a good platform for porting and building 
next-generation MacOS applications. 

        The native PowerPC (PPC) package contains a complete UNIX 
software development environment with a source-level debugger and C, 
C++, Objective-C, Ada95 and Fortran77 compilers all generating native 
PPC code.  Because CodeBuilder creates binary PowerPC Executable Format 
(PEF) files that can 
 integrate directly with other Macintosh development tools, software 
developers can combine Macintosh debuggers and compilers with the 
CodeBuilder tool suite to get the best of both the Macintosh and UNIX 
worlds.

        CodeBuilder is a powerful tool for porting existing UNIX 
applications or developing new, advanced applications on Power Macs and 
Power Mac clones.  This unique toolset gives developers the ability to 
create an application with a single source base not only for Power Macs 
under a native Apple operating system, but also for Silicon Graphics, 
SUN, NeXT, or HP environments.  CodeBuilder gives Apple developers the 
freedom to take advantage of time-tested UNIX development tools without 
giving up the features of their favorite Macintosh editors or compilers.  

        Tenon�s new development tool suite includes a native UNIX fast 
file system.  CodeBuilder has two file systems � a UNIX file system 
which extends the Macintosh file system with file name case sensitivity, 
and this new native fast file system which removes the Macintosh file 
name length limitations and sizing restrictions.  Tenon�s fast file 
system can be contained within a single Macintosh file, making disk 
partitioning unnecessary.  Depending upon the application, Tenon�s new 
file system can result in a two- to ten-fold performance improvement.  
This performance advantage, coupled with the latest high-performance 
Power Macs, creates a new standard in desktop computing.  

        CodeBuilder supports a complete GNU software development 
environment.  The GNU Ada95 and Objective-C compiler were brought to 
Power Macs  by leveraging Tenon�s existing gcc development tool suite.   
The Ada95 environment includes up-to-date tools for object-oriented 
programming and the core Ada essential tools suite from the Free 
Software Foundation.   The Ada compiler includes a tasking run-time 
environment, an interface to the MacOS threads library, and Ada language 
bindings to the Macintosh Toolbox (API).    

        Objective-C, an object-oriented extension to the C language, is 
the NeXTStep development language. The GNUStep OpenStep base class 
library is included on the CodeBuilder CD as a source code compilation 
example.   GNUStep is a widely-available implementation of OpenStep, the 
NeXT distributed application run time environment.   The fact that 
CodeBuilder�s Objective-C is able to build and execute large sections of 
the GNUStep library demonstrates the strength of CodeBuilder�s 
Objective-C implementation.  A future release of CodeBuilder will 
include the complete GNUStep environment.  

        CodeBuilder�s Kaffe (a development & execution environment for 
Java bytecode), scripting tools (such as Perl, MacPerl, tck/tk and 
expect) and popular Macintosh and UNIX text editors (such as BBEdit 
Lite, Alpha, and emacs) make CodeBuilder an ideal internet programming 
and Web developer tool.

        CodeBuilder includes a high-performance X11R6 24-bit color X 
server as well as an X client application development environment.  The 
current release supports AfterStep, a NeXT-style X desktop.  Options for 
OpenGL and Motif 2.0 will be offered by the end of the first quarter of 
�97, further strengthening CodeBuilder�s X development capabilities.  

        The software comes on CD with BSD UNIX source code,  on-line 
documentation in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats, and an 
introductory price of $99.

        Tenon has been shipping UNIX, X , and networking software for 
the Macintosh since 1991.  In 1994 MachTen was selected by UNIX World�s 
Open Computing magazine as �A Best Product of the Year�.