Alex is pretty much dead on. Xcode is your best bet for an accessible GUI based tool that will compile in C/C++. make/nmake are theoretically available but you’ll need a wine wrapper, see this stack overflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3483146/using-nmake-on-osx <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3483146/using-nmake-on-osx>
Xcode also comes with a set of command-line tools that you’ll need if you’re determined to write programs in C. Now to expand on your question a little I would say it really sounds like you’re wanting to just write software on the mac. While you can definitely do this in c and c++ you’ll find it much more efficient to use Objective-C and (when they work out a few more kinks) swift. Xcode is hailed as one of most advanced IDE’s available and the fact that it’s free certainly adds to it’s appeal. My advice would be to think of OS X as it’s own operating system rather than UNIX with a skin on top. Yes it’s technically true but if you take it as it’s own independent platform and treat it as such while you’re coding you’ll find it works smoother and responds better than if you try to treat it like a UNIX machine. > On Apr 27, 2015, at 2:17 AM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Knowing that the underlying operating system in OSX is some version of UNIX, > I have some quite detailed curiosities about how to design, code, compile > and manage software I may want to develop personally. > > Specifically: > > - is there a native C compiler available for OSX? > > - are make/nmake available as well? > - are software management tools readily available? > - are GUI based tools accessible via VoiceOver? > * * * * * * * * * > Bill Gallik > wfgal...@icloud.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
