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From: nala@ihlpf.ATT.COM (A. Flora-Holmquist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac Development Environments
Message-ID: <2742@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 16:50:49 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 10 16:50:49 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Nov-87 07:15:54 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: Languages, Software Development Environments


I am interested in dabbling in MAC development and have followed 
several discussions on the net concerning the pros and cons of the
various development environments: Aztec C, LSC/LSP, and MPW, these 
seem to be the most popular. I have also read various notes concerning 
the programming productivity provided by MacApp. 
I am trying to sort out what attributes of the development environment/
language are most important to a new Mac programmer. Is the rapid 
edit/compile/execute environment provided by the Light 
Speed products more important than the language extension/enhancements
provided by MacApp? Do the Light Speed products
support the MacApp extension or some other extension/application skeleton. 

Are there more fundamental issues concerning development environments
that I should be concerned with such as debug support? Or is a development 
environment like a car... a matter of personal preference?

I am not attempting to start a holy war, so you can send your comments
to me directly.


Thanks for the input.

Al Flora-Holmquist
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