Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac

[sarge@Rational.Com (Matthew C. Sargent)]

In article <3khii0$cgi@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>, dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote:

> The drag-and-drop paradigm for a compiler sounds nice (to compile just
> drop the source on the compiler), but in practice I think it would be
> a mmajor pain in the neck. This kind of mousing is nice for lots of things,
> but command line interfaces are ultimately much more appropriate for
> software development involving compilation and linking. 

I will have to speak up on that one. Command line interfaces are not
better for compiling and linking (and debugging). Look at all the IDEs out
there for C/C++/Pascal and _Ada_ too! They really are a pleasure to use
and make managing the closure of your program much easier.

>That's why a decent
> compiler on the Mac is more work than it might be, you have to create your
> own command line interface of some kind. Yes, you could use MPW, but this
> is not available to most MAC users.

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