rpaul@dasys1.UUCP (Rod Paul) (03/20/89)
I'm sure the following request is posted quite frequently in this newsgroup, but please bear with me as I've only recently begun subscribing to it. If you've got a couple of minutes and own a "C" compiler for the mac, please let me know what brand it is and what you think of it. I've heard that there are packages that include shells. I'm also quite fond of "make" and "dbx". I've seen only one compiler, Lightspeed C, and wasn't too impressed with either the docs or the interface, so if you know of a compiler that may be more suited to an old UNIX biggot like myself, please drop me a line and let me know about it. Thanks. -- Rodian Paul Big Electric Cat Public UNIX ..!cmcl2!dasys1!rpaul
sunila@vlsisj.VLSI.COM (Sunil Ashtaputre) (09/16/89)
I am looking for a C compiler that works with a SE without a hard drive (I have a dual floppy SE); any suggestions? Please e-mail unless you think this is of general enough interest to post. Sunil Ashtaputre
prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu) (09/18/89)
In article <15309@vlsisj.VLSI.COM> sunila@vlsisj.UUCP (Sunil Ashtaputre) writes: >>I am looking for a C compiler that works with a SE without a hard >>drive (I have a dual floppy SE); any suggestions? >> >>Please e-mail unless you think this is of general enough interest >>to post. >> >>Sunil Ashtaputre I'm afraid that the two best development environments, THINK C (v4.0) and MPW C (v3.0), both require hard drives to be useful. However, a bare bones THINK C can be installed on a dual floppy system. Here's how it works: Your one floppy has to be a minimum System floppy [only System, Finder, Multifinder, and DA Handler]. This floppy will be your development floppy. Your other floppy will contain the THINK C appl. (263K), Debugger (61K), MacTraps (72K), Mac #includes (143K), MacHeaders (precompiled 29K), oops Libraries (22K), ANSI Library (69K), only the the essential header files and libraries. You cannot use the THINK class library on a dual floppy system. Also, you'll have to create a new development floppy for each new project. In addition you'll require a minimum of 2Mb of RAM. MPW C definitely requires a hard drive and so I would think that THINK C is your best bet. It costs $169 at ComputerWare and is probably cheaper in mail-order places like MacConnection. I hope this helps. -- Dinesh K. Prabhu address: M/S 230-2, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035. email : prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov -- Dinesh K. Prabhu address: M/S 230-2, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035. email : prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov
earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) (09/18/89)
In article <15309@vlsisj.VLSI.COM> sunila@vlsisj.UUCP (Sunil Ashtaputre) writes: >I am looking for a C compiler that works with a SE without a hard >drive (I have a dual floppy SE); any suggestions? > The Aztec C compiler from Manx Software will work comfortably on a dual-floppy system, and comes with instructions for setting it up to work this way. It is a nice compiler, although it is not ANSI-compatible, and the Manx Shell is rather primitive. I use it on a hard drive, where it will work with the MPW Shell, which is much nicer. Mail order price is $65 if you shop around, which is about the best price you will get anywhere for a full development system. Earle R. Horton