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- From: Eric M. Berdahl <eric_berdahl@taligent.com>
- Subject: Re: C++ and other compilers
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:50:31 GMT
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- In article <bonnie.712419052@earth.njit.edu> Bonnie MacKellar,
- bonnie@earth.njit.edu writes:
- >I have a pretty basic question : I am interested in buying a Mac
- >(possibly a powerbook 140 or 170), but I do a lot of programming
- >and people have told me tha the Mac is not a good programmers
- >machine due to a lack of good compilers. Is this true or not?
-
- I don't know what you mean by "good compilers". There are plenty of
- compilers available for the Mac, for a wide variety of languages. I have
- found most of them very usable. In fact, I haven't found a commercial
- compiler on Mac that I would NOT recommend for some set of developers.
-
- >I do not use "boxed applications" very often.
- >I normally use gnu C++ and Bim Prolog on a Sparcstation.
- >I also often need Lisp. What is available for the Mac that
- >is comparable? I understand that Think C is not really C++,
- >so I am not interested in that. Is there anyting available
-
- GCC 1.something has been ported to run under the Macintosh Programmer's
- Workshop (MPW). I understand that GCC 2.0 is in the process of being
- ported and will be available at the end of August (latest rumor). MPW C++
- and Zortech C++ are the other two C++ compilers available for Macintosh.
- Both require the MPW Shell to run. MPW C++ also requires MPW C (it is a
- standard CFront implementation), but Zortech is a native compiler, so
- nothing other than the Shell is necessary.
-
- As for lisp, there is a totally super cool lisp available. Macintosh
- Common Lisp (MCL) is a very nice implementation of common lisp (CLOS) for
- the Mac. If you are a lisp fiend, I highly recommend it (even over lisps
- on other platforms).
-
- Prolog? Hmm. I have played with AAIS Prolog. It was a while ago, but I
- seem to remember it being a decent implementation that I had a lot of fun
- playing with.
-
- Hope any of this helps.
-
- Eric
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