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From: c164-ah@katerina.uucp (Bob Heiney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MPW 3.0 Beta Information
Summary: MPW 3.0 info
Keywords: MPW
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Date: 23 Nov 88 21:42:45 GMT
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Here's some info on the MPW 3.0 Beta now available from APDA.

By the way, as of January, APDA is going to be switched to the direct
control of Apple.  Membership will not be affected by this change.

MPW 3.0 is a major upgrade to the MPW system.  Some features include:

SADE:  An interactive source and machine level debugger that works
      with all MPW language compilers that generate appropriate symbolic
      information.  The 3.0 C and Pascal compilers do this.

Projector:  A project management, source control system.  It lets you
            do deltas and branches like SCCS.

New C Compiler:  This is a brand new C compiler that supports (at least
                some of, if not all of) the ANSI standard.
                It also doesn't have the annoying 32K limit on global data.

MPW 3.0 requires a hard disk, System 6.0.2, at LEAST 2 megs of memory,
and 4-6 megs if you want to use SADE with MultiFinder.  A Mac II or
Mac IIx is seriously recommended for larger projects.

I don't remember any other features.  APDA recommends that if you have the
2.0.2 Pascal compiler you should upgrade since the 3.0 Beta compiler is
much more stable (!) than the 2.0.2 compiler.  The C compiler is brand new,
and likely to be buggy, so don't upgrade to the Beta release if you're in
the middle of an important project.  The October/November APDAlog also says
that purchasers of the Beta software will be provided with a free upgrade to
the final 3.0 release including documentation.

If you already have MPW & the Pascal compiler, the upgrade cost is around
$270.00.  If you have both Pascal and C, the cost is $330 to upgrade.

I don't know why the upgrades are SO expensive.  The total cost for MPW
has gone way up, too.  It's now around $495 or so for the environment and
a language.

DISCLAIMER:  I typed this in from my memory of the Oct/Nov APDAlog, and
             take no responsiblity for either the accuracy of my
	     recollection, or the accuracy of the APDAlog.

Bob Heiney
c164-ah@bard.Berkeley.EDU