sdh@thumper.UUCP (06/01/87)
In article <725@unccvax.UUCP>, cbenda@unccvax.UUCP writes: > In article <869@apple.UUCP>, tecot@apple.UUCP (Ed Tecot) writes: > > I posted this to INFO-MAC a while ago, but I was informed that some > > people might not read comp.sys.mac.digest, so I'm posting again here: > > > > What makes programming for the Macintosh difficult? What would you like > > speed... look at c development on an unloaded vax 780 running BSD 4.3... > What I think most programmers would like to see is c development tools > and environment such as exists in a Unix programming environment. > /Carl > ...decvax!mcnc!unccvax!cbenda That already exists: Aztec C (think). It provides a unix-like shell, you can use any editor you please (not under the switcher, however) and compiles moderately fast. You want sheer speed? Use Lightspeed C from Think. Very fast compile time, pretty good code. Here's a benchmark for you: my last software project was to port a 27,000 line program from a sun 3/75 workstation to the Mac. Compile time on the sun 15 minutes. Compile time under lightspeed: 4 minutes 20 seconds. Roughly, a 7 fold improvement. Steve Hawley