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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: GNU tools on Mac OS?
Message-ID: <39858@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 90 13:40:24 GMT
References: <1730002@aspen.IAG.HP.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1730002@aspen.IAG.HP.COM> dlw@aspen.IAG.HP.COM (David Williams) writes:
>Has anyone ported the GNU environment to the Mac OS?
>
>	- gnuemacs
>	- gcc
>	- g++
>	- gdb
>	- bison
>	- flex
>	- grep
>	- gnu smalltalk
>	
>	etc.
>
>It would be a much cheaper way to end up having C++ on one's machine as well
>as some other nice tools. Could Think C be a starting point to moving this
>stuff to the mac...FSF's opinions of Apple notwithstanding? 

I heard of someone doing this once (don't know where). The solution may not be 
so cheap. The gcc compiler required at least 5 megs of memory in which to 
compile. Silly thing assumed that it was running on a machine with VM, and we 
don't quite have that yet. If you don't have at least a 5 meg machine, then 
you'll have to add some memory. If you don't have a machine into which you can 
insert 5 meg of memory, then...

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