#MPW vs Think vs Unix?
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I've heard that future E.T.O discs will include Symantec Think C 6.0 instead of
the MPW system.
I've embarked on a Mac development project, but it stalled when I couldn't find
an automatic way to build a series of applications. On Unix and DOS
environments, I can write a script and 'makefile's that perform a long sequence
of compiles, library links, and then application links.
I'm still running Think 5.0. I talked with Symantec tech support about 6.0,
and they said they hadn't added anything like this. They recommended MPW
instead. But now if it's a lame duck…
Is there another solution to my problem? Over in 'go macdev', they said I
answered my own question – Think 6.0 can be controlled by AppleScript or
Frontier. But will it really give me the same kind of automatic results I get
from 'make' on other machines?
"I've heard that future E.T.O discs will include Symantec Think C 6.0 instead
of the MPW system."
Not instead of, in addition to.
Bob
John,
Part of the problem here is THINK C does things slightly differently. A "Build
Application" will take care of all of what a makefile would do, including
verifying changed files (without actually checking the file dates, of course,
unless you tell it to, either directly or indirectly by turning on the "always
check file dates" preference).
Although I haven't gone through it with a fine-tooth comb, I'm fairly certain
what you want to do CAN indeed be done with THINK C 6.0 and Frontier. You
might want to check out the Frontier Runtime package specially designed for
THINK C usage. If it's not in library 2 or 11 here, it would be in one of the
libraries in the UserLand Forum (GO USERLAND).
Joe