In article <b1mfth$c2$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
wrote:
The Macintosh came without programming langauges from the very
beginning: the rationale was "the average computer user doesn't do
any programming". But with the recent introduction of Mac OS/X
perhaps Apple let gcc and friends remain on the disk..... I don't
know myself -- perhaps someone with access to Mac OS/X can check
this out?
I don't do programming, but I know there are a bunch of programming
tools that are available with Mac OS X. They aren't installed by
default, but they are freely available.
But even Windows
XP has two programming languages with the standard distribution:
1. Batch language -- start up a command prompt (also called a
"DOS Window" although this phrase really is incorrect) and
you'll have the command langauge of that prompt available
as a language.
By this rationale, Mac OS has had a programming language included for
quite some time. Applescript. Lets you tell lots of programs what to
do.
<http://www.apple.com/applescript/>
Greg B.