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- From: jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch)
- Subject: Re: GNU and MPW Shell?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.053730.29972@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <1993Jan8.000511.322@physc1.byu.edu> <C0JoIH.JuE@news.rich.bnr.ca>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:37:30 GMT
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- In article <C0JoIH.JuE@news.rich.bnr.ca> holiday@bnr.ca writes:
- >There was a copy of the MPW 3.2.2 shell on ftp.apple.com, but it's only legal
- >for those who've already forked out for MPW --- it's a bug fix upgrade. You'll
- >need to pay APDA $150 for the MPW shell by itself. On the other hand, without
- >MPW C, you may not be able to build gcc stuff for MPW --- Think C won't work.
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- Once someone ports the stand-alone gcc to the mac, you will _no longer_ need
- to pay APDA $150 for MPW and however-much for their C compiler.
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- People like _us_ will be able to have an inexpensive C, C++, Objective-C, I
- think they're working on Fortran and Pascal. That's FIVE languages for the
- price of NONE. Add to this that we could compile the rest of GNU and have a
- UNIX-alike.
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