RE: Xcode-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 465
RE: Xcode-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 465
- Subject: RE: Xcode-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 465
- From: "MacArthur, Ian (SELEX) (UK)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:23:40 +0100
- Thread-topic: Xcode-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 465
I think I side with Markus...
> > Because you consider things to be better just because they
> are newer?
>
> Well, in terms of age this is newer having been built in 2005, but
> it's FAR from better! It's like we evolved from CLI 's into GUI's
> then moved back again when XCode came along!
Indeed, but we all know, as you surely did when you posted, that "nm" has a long history stretching back virtually unchanged into the darkness at the dawn of all time.
So no, it is not newer than the tool you are used to. But it has survived many mass-extinctions because it works.
But then, I'm no Mac programmer... This is just another (slightly odd) *nix box.
Then, later on, Alexey said:
> Checking exported/imported symbols list? I am not a
> professional at that,
> and hopefully will never be. LOL.
Wait 'til Universal Binaries really kick in - you may find yourself spending quite a bit of time trying to see why one architecture works and the other(s) doesn't... :-)
The code I have here builds (from Makefiles) on 4 different OS/architectures (more like 10 if you count all the unix/Xwindows targets separately...)
And do different compilers, (and different architectures of the same compiler) emit symbols in myriad strange and wonderful ways? You bet they do.
Does that mean we end up using low level tools to see what went wrong? Yes.
Is it quicker to use a simple command line tool that has essentially the same syntax on all platforms? Or use a GUI that's platform specific... Hmm, tricky.
Nope, command line wins outright every time.
Enjoy,
--
Ian
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