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 21:15:46 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!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!rational.com!NewsWatcher!user From: sarge@Rational.Com (Matthew C. Sargent) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac Date: 21 Mar 1995 04:41:21 GMT Organization: Rational Software Corporation Message-ID: References: <3kb9rs$622@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <3khii0$cgi@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: oblige.ppp.verdix.com Date: 1995-03-21T04:41:21+00:00 List-Id: 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Matthew C. Sargent | | | |Rational Software Corporation | __/ \__ | |sarge@Rational.com | -=======(_*_)=======- | |804-491-0372 | | | | |804-425-5859 Fax | O O | | | | |AMA #457887 | SuperSportster40/SuperTiger40 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------