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From: mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Getting started in Mac programming...
Keywords: Make, MPW, LSC
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Date: 23 May 88 18:31:18 GMT
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In article <1724@pt.cs.cmu.edu> you write:
>You mean I have to somehow write a Make file in MPW?

While I agree that LSC is better for getting started in Mac programming,
surely you had to "somehow" learn the LSC equivalent (projects).  Makefiles
are easy enough to learn, at least for programmers.  It all depends on what
you want to do.  For example, try getting LSC to run Bison on your .y files
and then compiling the resulting .c file.  LSC is a nice environment, but only
if you are working alone, and only if you are working in C alone.  Would you
fault someone for using a power saw for their work when you find a hand saw
adequate for your own?

MPW has it's own problems, but Makefiles are not one of them.

>My god, are we working in the stone ages here?

Actually, I think the dark ages, in both cases.  The complexity of software is
just not manageable; the real power tools have yet to be invented.


Brian McElhinney
mce@tc.fluke.com