jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) (05/04/90)
In article <1990Apr28.110018.28728@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: > [Some stuff I agree with, and some stuff I don't agree with] >A Mac gives me the function I need but treats me like an idiot and forces me >to buy big development systems to write my own programs (Hypercard does NOT >qualify). I dunno, I picked up Think C v4.0 for ~$150, which is, if I recall correctly, slightly less than I paid for APW and APW C. It has a class library that allows me to ignore a large part of the mess that is the Mac OS & toolbox, built in Make facility (of sorts), and a fairly nice inline assembler. I also got MPW, including the IIgs cross development stuff, and that cost a serious chunk of change (~$1000). Then again, it absolutely toasts anything available for the IIgs. I presume that this is what you were complaining about. There are also some other C compilers, as well as Pascal compilers, including a ShareWare C compiler, for fairly cheap. There are also other languages, including Fortran, Forth, ADA, C++, and so on... I realize that this isn't comp.sys.mac, so I won't go on; my point is that it isn't necessary to spent huge amounts of money in order to do development on the Mac. >Todd Whitesel >toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu -- Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP or, try: astroatc!nicmad!madnix!jason@spool.cs.wisc.edu "Education, like neurosis, begins at home." - Milton R. Saperstein