[comp.sys.next] SUMMARY: what is good at orst and purdue

streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Allan Streib) (05/30/91)

I got about five or six responses to my original post.  Some people
correctly pointed out that what is 'worthwhile' depends a lot on how
one uses his NeXT.  I am not a unix guru, but I have a working
knowledge of unix and experience in a variety of languages.  I don't
know a thing about Interface Builder or Objective-C, so any further
pointers in that direction would be appreciated.

Here's what people recommended:

Languages:
   Scheme is available from golem.ps.usi.edu, ftp/pub/NeXt (along with
   Xnext and some other things)

   f2c was recommended, but the site was unspecified.

Plotting and Graphics:
   from cs.orst.edu in pub/next/sources:
      graphics/NeXTGIF.tar.Z
      graphics/ViewGif2.tar.Z
      plotting/Rotation.tar.Z

Documentation:
   NeXTAnswers_Mar_91.tar.Z
   NextStep_Concepts.tar.Z
   SndMusicDSP_Concepts.tar.Z

   and I understand there is an Interface Builder tutorial floating
   around somewhere.

Text Stuff:
   /pub/next/2.0-release/source/Emacs2.0  (an emacs front-end)

Games:
   from cs.orst.edu in pub/next/sources:
      /games/Tetris.tar.Z
   others (unspecified sites):
      Boinkout
      BlastApp
      Reversi

Misc.:
   from cs.orst.edu in pub/next/sources:
      screen/screendim.shar.Z
      util/SCSIInquirer1.3.tar.Z