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Article #10178Re: What C compiler for the MAC
From: Jerry Frain
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 06:19
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 06:19
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In article <13155@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
>In article <333@cica.cica.indiana.edu> ssw@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Steve Wallace) writes:
[ Steve wants to know what the best C compiler for the Mac is ]
[ Brian's description of MPW C deleted ]
Never used it, myself.
[ Brian's description of THINK C deleted ]
I won't echo Brian's review of THINK C, but I use THINK C 4.0, and think
very highly of it.
It is a very good, "Mac-ish," C program development environment.
>There is one majorMajorMAJOR caveat to buying MPW, however: I believe
>that you must join APDA (the Apple Programmers and Developers
>Association) in order to purchase it. Its price is steep (wasn't it
>something like $300?), and the membership fee for APDA is similarly
>steep.
The membership fee for APDA is $20.
> Lightspeed C, on the other hand, can be gotten for $220 at
>most, and as little as $140 through a school discount (how I got my
>copy).
I purchased THINK C 4.0 from MacConnection in last month for $149.
--Jerry [ very satisfied THINK C 4.0 user ]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!deimos!phobos.cis.ksu.edu!jxf From: jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What C compiler for the MAC Message-ID: <1990Jan22.061939.25791@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> Date: 22 Jan 90 06:19:39 GMT References: <333@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <13155@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: @deimos.cis.ksu.edu Reply-To: jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) Distribution: na Organization: Kansas State University, Dept of Computing & Information Sciences Lines: 37