Re: C++ Anyone
Re: C++ Anyone
- Subject: Re: C++ Anyone
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:43:35 -0500
- Organization: Rogue Research
On 2005-12-19 23:05, Greg Deward said:
> 1. Any reason to use Eclipse (or another IDE) over XCode?
Xcode's biggest advantage really is that it's from Apple. So you know
it will support new technologies first. (The Xcode team has early
knowledge of Apple's future direction.) For example, Xcode is the only
thing that supports development for Intel Macs, it was the first to
support Mach-O, etc. It's also free (as in beer).
I'm no C++ guru, but I have read that CodeWarrior's C++ library is much
better than Xcode/gcc's. However, CodeWarrior is end-of-life, so
learning it now is questionable, though for the moment it's still a
viable environment for C++ PPC Mac development. It is $99USD.
> 2. Any reasons NOT to use XCode, in general?
The most popular complaint (and IMNSHO, well deserved) is that it is
slow (UI and compile time). Though I've been told Eclipse is even
slower, but I've never used it. CodeWarrior is quite fast.
You say your 'goal is to become proficient [again] without any
dependancies to any one platform'. In that case, I do recommend you use
more than one IDE, it helps keep things portable.
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Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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