Symantec C++ 8

Volume Number: 11

Issue Number: 6

Column Tag: Tools Of The Trade

Symantec C++ v8.0 is Here!

New Native Power Mac & 68K Development Environments

By Rich Parker, Modesto, CA

The New, Native Symantec C++

The new Symantec v8.0 product is a complete, native Power Macintosh and 68K

development suite. While 68K development still uses the THINK Project Manager

(TPM) development environment, the environment for native Power Macintosh

development is completely new and improved. The Symantec Project Manager (SPM)

has been completely rewritten for the Power Macintosh. It supports multiple, nested

projects, gets rid of the ugly segmentation issues that prevail in 68K development

environments, and provides very fast compilation and linking. The new SPM provides

a full set of options that allow you to specify the settings for building suites of

applications, with multiple, nested projects, as well as static or shared libraries. The

two environments (SPM and TPM) share the same source libraries and TCL.

In addition to the new native Power Macintosh development tools, the Symantec

C++ v8.0 product also includes a complete 68K development environment and

associated compilers, source level debugger, and other tools. However, the remainder

of this article focuses on the native Power Macintosh tools.

Figure 1. The Project Manager Window

The New Project Window

The project window for the new Power Macintosh development environment is shown

in Figure 1. This illustrates a view that includes individual folders in which the

various sets of source files are listed. When you create a new project, the SPM places

the relevant files for the type of project you’ve chosen into various folders. The figure

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