Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!ewright From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: <108472@convex.convex.com> Date: 9 Nov 90 17:39:38 GMT References: <1990Nov7.015140.239@agate.berkeley.edu> <1990Nov8.203230.18538@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: usenet@convex.com Organization: Convex Computer Corporation; Richardson, TX Lines: 35 In article rcbaem@urc.tue.nl writes: >well well well, at last I decided to add my 0.02 worth... > ) When programming, editing, doing file and system management, > writing scripts, doing network communications, source tree > management... The Mac doesn't perform well in most of these > areas. Really? As a programming environment, my Mac IIsi greatly outperforms the UNIX-based supercomputers I use at work. > I'd prefer Unix above the Mac. Ever tried source tree > management from the Finder? No, I use Think Pascal, which handles this automatically and invisibly. > Ever written a script to perform > daily tasks on a Mac? Yes, I have, back when I used MPW. There are also utilities like Macromaker and, if I am not mistaken, there will be a scripting language built into System 7. > In other words I hate the Mac for not having a cli. Ignorant child! Most people who want a programmer's CLI on the Mac simply buy one, like MPW or the Aztek C-shell. Most programmers, however, prefer the Macintosh-like environment of Think Pascal or C, which outsell MPW and Aztech by a wide margin. >ANOTHER point. Many people here claim Unix is not for the >rest of us. Why so? Memory requirements. Performance. Ease-of-use....