C compiler for Apples

[Jim Spencer]

Paul Chen writes in a message to All

PC> does any C compiler exist for the apple macintosh, and if so, 
PC> who makes it/how much does it cost/etc?

There are two of them still being actively supported.  Think C from Symantic runs about $165 mail order.  In addition to supporting pretty close to a standard ANSI C, it also adds its own version of object support based on Apple's Object Pascal.  It differs from C++ in that all member functions are virtual, there is no multiple inheritance, no private or protected members and a few other not so important differences.  The trade off is that it is somewhat easier to get started with C++ and comes with its ow







n fairly complete application framework for the Mac.

The other choice is Macintosh Programmer's Workshop C from Apple.  MPW is a very flexible development environment permitting use of multiple languages, scripting, compiled tools, etc.  The disadvantage is that it is more complicated than the Think package, slower, and much more expensive: the shell and the C compiler are $300 without the assembler or symbolic debugger.  On the other hand, you can mix and match source written in C, Pascal, assembler, and C++ as well as third party compilers.  There is also 







a very well developed class library, MacApp, which, while in its current guise was written in Object Pascal, can be accessed from C++.
 
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