[Discussion] [Linux] Starting the move to MAC

[Joseph J. Hansen]

March 23, 21009

Bob,

Intel-based Macs include a package called "Rosetta" that enables most  
Power PC applications to run.  You don't have to load or run Rosetta;  
it's a mostly invisible part of the OS that kicks in automatically  
when it sees a Power PC app.  So you might try the IBM XL C/C++  
complier that you mentioned.  From what I can see, though, that never  
made it out of Beta.

A good place to look for Mac Software is Version Tracker at http:// 
www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ .  It has a search box where you can  
look for any kind of software.  This has an advantage over a Google  
search in that listings have been screened to keep out malware,  
spyware, etc.

Joe




On Mar 22, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Bob Wonderly wrote:

> Doug
>
> I poked around IBM's web site and found C++ for big versions of  
> Linux which I don't have. Found lots of ref books for LPEX.
>
> The GNU C compiler works on Mac so my C code has a "place to go".
>
> I did find a C for Mac OS-X Power PC hardware but current OS-X runs  
> on Intel platforms rather the Power PC.
>
> Bob
>
> Douglas Clark wrote:
>> Bob,
>> I think LPEX and LxPM are the same thing, or else LxPM is a later  
>> version of LPEX. The documentation for LxPM still mentions LPEX is  
>> some places.
>> IBM apparently released version 6 of its C++ compiler for MAC OS X  
>> - at least for a few nanoseconds. I didn't know about it until a  
>> month or so ago when I ran across an old update package for the  
>> product. It appears the product included some preliminary  
>> Objective C support - although unofficial.
>> If that package followed the other C++ packages, it might have  
>> LPEX in it. My i have a MAC book that my daughter is using for  
>> school, but I have not tried loading any of this  on it yet. You  
>> might poke around the IBM support site for VisualAge C++ and look  
>> for MAC stuff.
>> Doug
>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:19:02 -0700, Bob Wonderly wrote:
>>> Doug
>>>
>>> You're correct that I didn't hear about LxPM. I did use and like  
>>> IBM's LPEX on OS/2. I googled "LxPM" but got nowhere and presume  
>>> there is no version of it available for OS-X. I googled LPEX and  
>>> got somewhere but no hint of a version for Mac or Linux. CTC's  
>>> SPF/SE which I used is available only for M$Win (per their web  
>>> site).
>>>
>>> So far my Mac editor of choice is BBEdit. But sometimes I need  
>>> those "old fashioned" line and block commands.
>>>
>>> Bob Wonderly
>>>
>>> Douglas Clark wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> Bob - you may not be aware of LxPM, the editor included in  
>>>> VisualAge C++ (versions 3 and 4) which can be configured to act  
>>>> like SPF, i.e. you can "turn on" line numbers for a file and  
>>>> enter SPF line or block commands -  M C D MM CC DD, etc. -  in  
>>>> the line number area. And still use the mouse and other more  
>>>> "modern" commands at the same time. It also outputs messages as  
>>>> readonly messagelines in the text, just like SPF. Editor macros  
>>>> can be written in Rexx or C.
>>> ...
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>>>

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