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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8dffd960b2d9594e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-20 21:00:08 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!ub!csn!csnnews!p41.boulder-2.dialup.csn.net!gmckee From: gmckee@cloudnine.com (Gary McKee) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac Date: Tue, 21 Mar 95 02:47:58 GMT Organization: McKee Consulting, (Software Technology Assessment) Message-ID: References: <3kb9rs$622@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <3khii0$cgi@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <1995Mar20.152421.24324@cs.wm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.117.100.41 X-Newsreader: VersaTerm Link v1.1.6 Date: 1995-03-21T02:47:58+00:00 List-Id: 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKee Consulting (303) 795-7287 P. O. Box 3009 gmckee@cloudnine.com Littleton, CO 80161-3009 --------------------------------------------------------------------