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- From: gt1086c@prism.gatech.EDU (Gregory Glockner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: Looking for a C++ Compiler for the MAC
- Message-ID: <79709@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 04:57:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.060830.2807849309@ultramac.uucp> <C0MpC5.IKK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan10.184508.9707@netcom.com>
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Lines: 37
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- I heard these same rumors re: Think C++ from our campus Apple rep.
-
- Meanwhile, I sincerely wish that Borland would come up with Borland
- C++ for the Mac. IMHO, my first impressions of Think C are not
- favorable. The Think C documentation is inferior; it took me weeks
- to find the page that described how to convert Unix/DOS style command-
- line parameters for the mac. (My programs are sophisticated mathematical
- routines with minimal interfaces). For shame: the main reason many of
- us use C instead of other languages is due to its portability. If
- the ANSI standard isn't properly supported, it is a pain in the ***
- for me. (I keep to ANSI C in my programs so that I may port them
- to PC's and workstations).
-
- Borland's on-line help has descriptions of *all* functions, along
- with short example programs.
-
- Not to mention, I cannot figure out if Think C has special constants
- so that I may write:
-
- #if _Think_
-
- foo();
-
- #endif
-
- and have it work correctly on the different machines I use. Borland
- had this.
-
- There were many fine reasons that drove me to choose a Mac over a PC
- for my main machine. Think C was not one of them.
-
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- Gregory Glockner glockner @ isye.gatech.edu
- Graduate Research Assistant gt1086c @ prism.gatech.edu
- Computational Optimization Center
- School of ISyE, Georgia Inst. of Technology (404) 634-8855 (h)
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