Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!bse.com From: eberard@bse.com (Edward V. Berard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Best Environment for Object-Oriented Programming Languages Summary: Which is the better environment for OOPLs? Mac OS or AU/X Keywords: object-oriented programming languages, Mac OS, AU/X Message-ID: Date: 28 Jul 90 16:08:30 GMT Organization: Berard Software Engineering, Inc. Lines: 40 Approved: eberard@bse.com (Edward V. Berard) X-Mailer: UMail Revision: Beta 2.0.5 Folks, Within the next few months I will have to make a decision regarding my Macintosh environment. I plan on acquiring (or already have) the following programming languages: - C++, - Smalltalk, - Eiffel, - Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), - Ada, - and one or two other "object-oriented" programming languages. All of the above are supported, by more than one vendor, for the Macintosh. My current Macintosh system is a IIfx with 8 megs of RAM, an internal 160 meg hard disk, an external 175 meg hard disk, an Apple CD ROM drive, and a Radius 21-inch monochrome monitor. I am currently running System 6.0.5. I can entertain the purchase of additional memory, or My question is seemingly simple: In terms of development environments for the above mentioned object-oriented programming languages, am I better off with the traditional Macintosh environment, or should I definitely consider AUX 2.0? Keep in mind that, by the time I have to commit to one or the other, System 7.0 will either be available or very close to available. -- Ed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward V. Berard | Phone: (301) 353-9652 Berard Software Engineering, Inc. | FAX: (301) 353-9272 18620 Mateney Road | E-Mail: eberard@bse.com Germantown, Maryland 20874 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------