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From: matthewsj@deleteme.saic.com (John B. Matthews, M.D.)
Subject: Re: Ada95 speed
Date: 1999/06/02
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In article <37558947.A1C12CA9@Maths.UniNe.CH>, Gautier
<Gautier.deMontmollin@Maths.UniNe.CH> wrote:

> Clifford J. Nelson wrote:

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> The main problem is with Mac OS.

MacOS 8.x isn't UNIX, but Mac OS X is!
 
> With all these resource forks, hidden data types,
> opaque system, it's still more suited for word processing
> than Ada programming... Even usage of Web or networks
> is handicaped by that file typing (using it every day).

I use MacOS 8.x in a mixed Solaris/IRIX/BSD/95/98/NT environment every day;
no problem. I run GANT everywhere.

> An iMac with Mac OS 8.5, 96MB RAM is as slow as a 486 DX 33 when
> network or files are involved. No command line or programming
> environment that come built-in.

Nonsense. Even my Mac 8600 is a better X server than my Pentium II. For
programming, Applescript comes in the box and MPW is free. Of course, my
favorite CLI for Ada 95 is under Tenon's excellent MachTen or CodeBuilder
products. Without question, the Mac file system is a tad slow for UNIX
style programming. That's why Tenon bundles a fast file system that
improves things dramatically.

> Maybe Mac OS XXIII will improve that but I have doubts...

Mac OS X should be more to your liking; will you be porting GNAT?

> -- 
> Gautier
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John