Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Debuggers Message-ID: <33136@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 14 Jul 89 08:05:25 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 27 In article pete@titan.rice.edu (Pete Keleher) writes: > >I'd like to start using MPW because I want the tools (Mac tools and >ported UNIX tools) and I want to use my own editor. I also want to make >sure that I have a useful and reasonably fast platform when I get >everything assembled. > >Comments? > Yeah, don't use MPW for the things you list above. MPW is not what you would consider reasonably fast (unless you are comparing against an Apple II). Neither can you simply swap in your own editor. Many of the functions necessary for using MPW are integrated into the editor. Or rather, the editor is inte- grated into the shell. Whatever. What MPW does offer you is power. It also gives some of the best code generation available on the Mac (once you overlook the code generation bugs in the C compiler). Finally, it gives you the ability to expand with either your own tools, or ones that you've aquired elsewhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions