Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac

[gmckee@cloudnine.com (Gary McKee)]

In Article <1995Mar20.152421.24324@cs.wm.edu>, collins@cs.wm.edu (Bob
Collins) wrote:
>...
>MPW is being phased out by Apple. The best compilers in the Mac market
>(IMO), produced by MetroWerks, allow one to drag and drop text files
>onto the project window to add files to a project. Dragging and

Actually, MPW PRO is alive and well and both advertised and available from
APDA. They explicitly denied a phase out plan.

>(at least for projects smaller than 1000 or so files). I guess, to
>use one of RD's favorite terms correctly, the CLI vs non-CLI issue
>remains moot.

This, I agree with. A CLI is strictly a user-interface issue and the Mac can
support both fancy and simple ones equally well. The hard part is for the
user to define what style of CLI that they desire.

>
>(BTW, MetroWerks sells a CD with integrated development environment
>compilers for Pascal, C, and C++; with code generators for
>Mac Motorola 680x0, Mac Power PC, and Windows Intel 80x86/Pentium;
>running fat on both 680x0 and Power PC for an academic price of $99.
>This entitles one to three CDs in one year. This is the kind of
>competition Ada faces in the real world, if one can label the
>academic world real. I don't work for them, so no email addresses
>or phone numbers.)

The $99 price for MetroWerks CodeWarrior is for 'anyone', not just academics
but it only generates 680x0 code (no Power PC code). 
It is called "MetroWerks Bronze".




Gary McKee
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