Re: [SAGEdev] [Axiom-developer] Hopefully stupid question

[Justin C. Walker]

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

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