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Re: [SAGEdev] [Axiom-developer] Hopefully stupid question
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Justin C. Walker |
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Re: [SAGEdev] [Axiom-developer] Hopefully stupid question |
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Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:44:13 -0700 |
On Sep 6, 2006, at 02:24 , root wrote:
William,
So SAGE is using Xcode and not Fink? Thus it would help future
compatibility if I used Xcode?
There is a terminological speed-bump here: Fink (as is DarwinPorts)
is a "community" project whose aim, roughly, is to make a lot of open-
source software easily available on Mac OS X, in a way that minimizes
the hassle for the user. There have been long, heated, discussions
on the pros and cons, but the essential point is that these are "add-
ins" that many users may be unaware of, unwilling to install, or
actively hostile to, Fink.
Xcode is two things: it's a package of tools for development on Mac
OS X; and it's an IDE for working on programming/debugging/editing
tasks.
What you really want are the tools: the compiler(s) and link/loader.
These are packaged with Xcode, but aren't Xcode.
So: you need to have Xcode (the package) installed, but you don't
need to "use Xcode".
I hope that is both clearer, and not too pedantic.
Regards,
Justin
--
Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large
Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds
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I'm beginning to like the cut of his jibberish.
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