Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!enea!luth!taube From: taube@sm.luth.se (Lars-Gunnar Taube) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: APDA - MPW - C++ - Modula-2 Message-ID: <941@luth.luth.se> Date: 21 Jan 88 15:23:35 GMT References: <933@luth.luth.se> <7217@apple.UUCP> Reply-To: Lars-Gunnar Taube Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Lines: 62 Keywords: help, APDA, MPW UUCP-Path: {uunet,mcvax}!enea!luth.luth.se!taube In article <7217@apple.UUCP> jordan@apple.UUCP (Jordan Mattson) writes: >In article <933@luth.luth.se> Lars-Gunnar Taube writes: >> >>I have a couple of questions which I hope someone can help me >>find answers to: >> >> >>4) What is the current status of MPW vs C++ vs MacApp? > > I don't totally understand this question. Could you develop it some >more and repost it? > Ok, I'll expand: I've seen some rumours that there will be a C++ compiler available when MPW 3.0 hits the streets sometime during 1st quarter. (?) The rumours also mentioned ongoing work to port MacApp to C++. The rumours said nothing about whether this would be a complete C++, or not (some kind of stripped down version ?). If the above indeed *is* true (with a complete C++), then I see no reason *not* to impatiently wait for MPW 3.0, and then quickly sell my dog to *get it* ! :-) Please enlighten me. >>5) I know of two Modula-2 compilers for MPW, SemperSoft and TML. >> Which one do you judge the most powerful/versatile? Why? > > There is a compairson of the SemperSoft and TML Modula-2 in the >January 1988 APDALog. I was planning to read it this weekend. Maybe I >can post a report after that. > Please do ! >Jordan Mattson UUCP: ucbvax!mtxinu!apple!jordan >Apple Computer, Inc. CSNET: jordan@apple.CSNET >Tools & Languages Product Management >20525 Mariani Avenue, MS 27S >Cupertino, CA 95014 >408-973-4601 > "Joy is the serious business of heaven." > C.S. Lewis -- taube@luth.UUCP Lars-Gunnar Taube taube@sm.luth.se Dept of Math & CS ...{uunet,mcvax}!enea!luth!taube U of Lule, SWEDEN