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From: Anita Holmgren <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Objective-C and Ada95 Now Available for Power Mac
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:48:49 -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. Tenonıs MachTen UNIX is based on the same
Carnegie Mellon Mach and BSD UNIX foundation as Steve Jobsı 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.
Tenonıs 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. Tenonıs fast file
system can be contained within a single Macintosh file, making disk
partitioning unnecessary. Depending upon the application, Tenonıs 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 Tenonıs 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
CodeBuilderıs Objective-C is able to build and execute large sections of
the GNUStep library demonstrates the strength of CodeBuilderıs
Objective-C implementation. A future release of CodeBuilder will
include the complete GNUStep environment.
CodeBuilderıs 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
97, further strengthening CodeBuilderıs 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 Worldıs
Open Computing magazine as ³A Best Product of the Year².