[fwd] MachTen Objective-C Now Available for Power Mac

[Theodore C. Belding]

In case anyone's interested...
-Ted

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>From: Anita Holmgren <address@hidden>
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>Subject: Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac
>Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 10:34:35 -0800
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>Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac
>
>MachTen CodeBuilder ‹ An affordable software development tool for the 
>next generation MacOS
>                                                                               
>                            

>
>        Santa Barbara, CA, January 7, 1997.  Tenon Intersystems has 
>extended MachTen ‹ its highly-regarded UNIX system for Apple computers ‹ 
>to include the Objective-C and the GNAT-Ada 95 tool suite.    MachTen 
>CodeBuilder, a new offering from Tenon being demonstrated this week at 
>Macworld in San Francisco,  includes C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Ada95 
>and Fortran77.  CodeBuilder can be used in combination with standard 
>Macintosh editors and compilers to develop Macintosh applications, X 
>applications, and UNIX applications.
>
>        MachTen CodeBuilder extends MacOS with a family of 
>dynamically-linked, shared libraries that, like a Java virtual machine, 
>create a UNIX virtual machine-based execution environment with 
>pre-emptive multi-tasking.  Tenon¹s MachTen UNIX is based on the same 
>Carnegie Mellon Mach and BSD UNIX foundation as Steve Jobs¹ NeXT OS, 
>making CodeBuilder a good platform for porting and building 
>next-generation MacOS applications. 
>
>        The native PowerPC (PPC) package contains a complete UNIX 
>software development environment with a source-level debugger and C, 
>C++, Objective-C, Ada95 and Fortran77 compilers all generating native 
>PPC code.  Because CodeBuilder creates binary PowerPC Executable Format 
>(PEF) files that can 
> integrate directly with other Macintosh development tools, software 
>developers can combine Macintosh debuggers and compilers with the 
>CodeBuilder tool suite to get the best of both the Macintosh and UNIX 
>worlds.
>
>        CodeBuilder is a powerful tool for porting existing UNIX 
>applications or developing new, advanced applications on Power Macs and 
>Power Mac clones.  This unique toolset gives developers the ability to 
>create an application with a single source base not only for Power Macs 
>under a native Apple operating system, but also for Silicon Graphics, 
>SUN, NeXT, or HP environments.  CodeBuilder gives Apple developers the 
>freedom to take advantage of time-tested UNIX development tools without 
>giving up the features of their favorite Macintosh editors or compilers.  
>
>        Tenon¹s new development tool suite includes a native UNIX fast 
>file system.  CodeBuilder has two file systems ‹ a UNIX file system 
>which extends the Macintosh file system with file name case sensitivity, 
>and this new native fast file system which removes the Macintosh file 
>name length limitations and sizing restrictions.  Tenon¹s fast file 
>system can be contained within a single Macintosh file, making disk 
>partitioning unnecessary.  Depending upon the application, Tenon¹s new 
>file system can result in a two- to ten-fold performance improvement.  
>This performance advantage, coupled with the latest high-performance 
>Power Macs, creates a new standard in desktop computing.  
>
>        CodeBuilder supports a complete GNU software development 
>environment.  The GNU Ada95 and Objective-C compiler were brought to 
>Power Macs  by leveraging Tenon¹s existing gcc development tool suite.   
>The Ada95 environment includes up-to-date tools for object-oriented 
>programming and the core Ada essential tools suite from the Free 
>Software Foundation.   The Ada compiler includes a tasking run-time 
>environment, an interface to the MacOS threads library, and Ada language 
>bindings to the Macintosh Toolbox (API).    
>
>        Objective-C, an object-oriented extension to the C language, is 
>the NeXTStep development language. The GNUStep OpenStep base class 
>library is included on the CodeBuilder CD as a source code compilation 
>example.   GNUStep is a widely-available implementation of OpenStep, the 
>NeXT distributed application run time environment.   The fact that 
>CodeBuilder¹s Objective-C is able to build and execute large sections of 
>the GNUStep library demonstrates the strength of CodeBuilder¹s 
>Objective-C implementation.  A future release of CodeBuilder will 
>include the complete GNUStep environment.  
>
>        CodeBuilder¹s Kaffe (a development & execution environment for 
>Java bytecode), scripting tools (such as Perl, MacPerl, tck/tk and 
>expect) and popular Macintosh and UNIX text editors (such as BBEdit 
>Lite, Alpha, and emacs) make CodeBuilder an ideal internet programming 
>and Web developer tool.
>
>        CodeBuilder includes a high-performance X11R6 24-bit color X 
>server as well as an X client application development environment.  The 
>current release supports AfterStep, a NeXT-style X desktop.  Options for 
>OpenGL and Motif 2.0 will be offered by the end of the first quarter of 
>Œ97, further strengthening CodeBuilder¹s X development capabilities.  
>
>        The software comes on CD with BSD UNIX source code,  on-line 
>documentation in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats, and an 
>introductory price of $99.
>
>        Tenon has been shipping UNIX, X , and networking software for 
>the Macintosh since 1991.  In 1994 MachTen was selected by UNIX World¹s 
>Open Computing magazine as ³A Best Product of the Year².

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Ted Belding                      <mailto:address@hidden>
University of Michigan Program for the Study of Complex Systems
<http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~streak/>