Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!occrsh!uokmax!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uupsi!oswego!news From: knighton@Oswego.EDU (Robert Knighton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Think C or MPW? Keywords: C Message-ID: <1990Sep4.200723.19374@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Date: 4 Sep 90 20:07:23 GMT References: Reply-To: knighton@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Robert Knighton) Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY Lines: 42 In article dhall@paul.rutgers.edu (David Hall) writes: > >I'm planning to buy C for my mac to do some software development. The >resulting software won't necessarily be run on a mac, but may run on >Sun, VAX etc. Any advice on whether I should get MPW C or Think C >will be greatly appreciated, especially specific things you like or >dislike about one or t'other. >Thanks in advance. >--David Hall > dhall@cs.rutgers.edu Think C is by far the best environment for the money that I have found. I have been looking at Think, Aztec and MPW, and interviewing folks who have used all three. Think C has been voted the best by the several people who have talked to me. You can get Think C 4.0 for $159 - $165 from mail order houses. I am a cs major who lives 36 miles from school, and it is long distance to call school from my house. Therefore I needed to get the best package for the job. (I'm getting BOTH Aztec and Think C). Compiler is a bear!!! While I'm at it.... I am wondering if you can compile berkley's lex and yacc on the Mac using Think C or Aztec C, and what you would need to do to get it to work reasonably well. I'm told that there is more that 30 meg of program source, but that is no dificulty for me (Mac SE/30, 5 Meg, 105 Meg Quantum internal). My only other recourse is to buy MacYACC from Abraxas Software for $495 minus 25% educational discount. I really don't have the spare cash for that, but need the package for my compiler class so I can do the work at home. It'd be really nice if my kids knew that they have a father this year. Thanks for your help. robert. -- Robert Knighton | Disclaimer: knighton@oswego.oswego.edu | Beat Murphy at his own game: rutgers!sunybcs!oswego!knighton | Speculate!! Then use Occam's razor. | (:^)