arndt@ttds.UUCP (Arndt Jonasson) (05/31/85)
Do Mac versions of the Unix programs diff and grep exist, or anything that is functionally equivalent? Of course, the perfect solution would be to have them as desk accessories. Has anyone written any such program? I have looked into the diff code, and it seems to be nontrivial to port it to the Mac (lot of memory needed + temporary files + my C utility routines are somewhat peculiar). Perhaps there are also legal objections to porting it. Can anyone comment on that? (I'm on a 4.2BSD VAX). Please answer by mail, and I will summarize. -- Arndt Jonasson ZYX Research, Stockholm, Sweden uucp: {decvax, philabs}!mcvax!enea!ttds!arndt