I would like to graciously and sincerely think all three of you for your tips on development in OS X!
- Bill - Sent from "Bill's iPhone 6" > On Apr 27, 2015, at 8:04 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > See below. >> On Apr 27, 2015, at 4:17 AM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Knowing that the underlying operating system in OSX is some version of UNIX, >> I have some quite detailed curiosities about how to design, code, compile >> and manage software I may want to develop personally. >> >> Specifically: >> >> - is there a native C compiler available for OS X? > I don't know, but Xcode can compile C++ just fine. I can't imagine it won't > do C as well, but you can check on that. Of course, you can install any > command line compiler you wish, and GCC as part of Terminal may still be > included as part of Xcode (I never use it so don't know for certain). >> >> - are make/nmake available as well? > Again, I'm not sure, but those would probably get installed with any > compiler. I've never dealt much with C, sorry. > >> - are software management tools readily available? > Xcode is free. It's big, a little over 5GB, but will let you play with C++, > Objective-C, and Swift (see my note about C, above). > >> - are GUI based tools accessible via VoiceOver? > Xcode is mostly accessible, though I haven't done advanced debugging, used > breakpoints, or anything like that. I think Tyler and Barry have, so > hopefully they can jump in here. > >> * * * * * * * * * >> Bill Gallik >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
