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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MPW system
Message-ID: <234@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 08:17:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11 08:17:23 1987
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Summary: MPW or LightSpeed

In article <429@aucs.UUCP>, paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes:
> Which is better: the MPW development system from APDA or Lighspeed Pascal
> and C from THINK.  I know MPW comes with 6 inches of documentation, but
> is there anything in it that isn't in Inside Mac.  Comments please.

You can't necessarily say which is "better" unless you define your parameters
of operation.  If you're doing hobbyist programming, LightSpeed is probably a
big winner; however, if you're developing a large, complex product (such as our
database) then MPW takes it hands down.  Anything in between is probably a
tossup.  MPW is almost a unix shell, you have all the utilities, scripts, etc
with a superb editor and very good compilers; however, it is much slower in
the compile and link stage than smaller systems.  It won't run on less than
a hard-disk equipped Plus (ok, it'll crawl on less) and prefers more memory if
you have it.

I have both (as well as Turbo Pascal, TML Pascal, Mac C, and Aztec C), but I do
this sort of thing for a living and find them all to be good for different
projects.

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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