What languages are available for A/UX?
A/UX comes with a C compiler (‘cc’), a FORTRAN-77 compiler (‘f77’) as well as an assembler (‘as’), SNOBOL (‘sno’) and a kinda-basic interpreter (‘bs’). ‘cc’ is a nice, stable, if not-too-quick compiler. ‘f77’ is a true FORTRAN-77 compiler and appears quite workable. Jim has not used ‘sno’ (and couldn’t recall how to program in SNOBOL if his life depended on it ☺) or ‘bs’. If you are doing any work in C, then it would be well worth it to get a copy of the GNU C compiler (‘gcc’) (see above). gcc is K&R and ANSI compatible so if you are doing ANSI work you’ll need it. Apple also has an ANSI C compiler (‘c89’) that you can buy. It’s available on the “A/UX Developer’s Toolkit CD” from APDA. There is also at least one other 3rd-party C compiler out there, but the name is unknown. gcc is free; c89 runs about $800. Both include C++ capabilities. There are also 2 very good 3rd-party FORTRAN compilers: NKR FORTRAN and Absoft MacFORTRAN II. In my opinion, MacFORTRAN II is the better product… it
A/UX comes with a C compiler (‘cc’), a FORTRAN-77 compiler (‘f77’) as well as an assembler (‘as’), SNOBOL (‘sno’) and a kinda-basic interpreter (‘bs’). ‘cc’ is a nice, stable, if not-too-quick compiler. ‘f77’ is a true FORTRAN-77 compiler and appears quite workable. Jim has not used ‘sno’ (and couldn’t recall how to program in SNOBOL if his life depended on it :-)) or ‘bs’. If you are doing any work in C, then it would be well worth it to get a copy of the GNU C compiler (‘gcc’) (see [150]above). gcc is K&R and ANSI compatible so if you are doing ANSI work you’ll need it. Apple also has an ANSI C compiler (‘c89’) that you can buy. It’s available on the “A/UX Developer’s Toolkit CD” from APDA. There is also at least one other 3rd-party C compiler out there, but the name is unknown. gcc is free; c89 runs about $800. Both include C++ capabilities. There are also 2 very good 3rd-party FORTRAN compilers: NKR FORTRAN and Absoft MacFORTRAN II. In my opinion, MacFORTRAN II is the better produc
A/UX comes with a C compiler (‘cc’), a FORTRAN-77 compiler (‘f77’) as well as an assembler (‘as’), SNOBOL (‘sno’) and a kinda-basic interpreter (‘bs’). ‘cc’ is a nice, stable, if not-too-quick compiler. ‘f77’ is a true FORTRAN-77 compiler and appears quite workable. I’ve not used ‘sno’ (I couldn’t recall how to program in SNOBOL if my life depended on it 🙂 or ‘bs’. If you are doing any work in C, then it would be well worth it to get a copy of the GNU C compiler (‘gcc’) (see Q&A #P.03). gcc is K&R and ANSI compatible so if you are doing ANSI work you’ll need it. Apple also has an ANSI C compiler (‘c89’) that you can buy. It’s available on the “A/UX Developer’s Toolkit CD” from APDA. There is also at least one other 3rd-party C compiler out there, but I can’t recall it’s name right now. gcc is free; c89 runs about $800. Both include C++ capabilities. There are also 2 very good 3rd-party FORTRAN compilers: NKR FORTRAN and Absoft MacFORTRAN II. In my opinion, MacFORTRAN II is the better
