Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: All about sys 7.0 Message-ID: <0B010004.xe5swc@outpost.UUCP> Date: 26 Mar 91 22:53:01 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 32 X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.3 In article <1991Mar26.153602.276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > > Multifinder is hell for developers, though, because a) we'd like to compile > in the background, and it just isn't practical and b) debugging apps without > protection can be very frustrating. I wouldn't exactly call it hell... I often compile in the background. I'm not sure what planet your from, but it sure seems to work for me. In fact, I'm writing this note with uAccess (and it's downloading some new News over the serial like too, yikes!) as I'm compiling a big MacApp based program in MPW. Sure feels like I'm getting two things done at once. Guess not though... There are solutions for the debugging apps without protection problem you mention too. My debugger of choice is Jasik's The Debugger and it has this handly little feature called - memory protection. Jeez, I though I couldn't do that. Harumph! -- michael And just wait until you get a look at ToolServer. Not only will it let you do background compiles and edit at the same time, you can ask that unused Mac down the hall to crunch some big build for you and have it politely let you know when it's done... (Sorry for the above flames, but I just get so tired of people telling me what I can't do with my Mac - when I'm already doing it...) -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE