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mage492
04-26-2003, 02:01 AM
I tried a google search and looked around, but all I can find is a ThinC client (networking stuff). What I'm talking about is an old computer language that's basically a stripped-down C.

I'm working on a program that I plan to make for the older Mac os's (read "Whatever runs on a Classic"), slightly newer ones ("Whatever runs on a Quadra"), Mac OSX (maybe), and Linux. (Windoze is on the "if you beg really nicely" list.) Unfortunately, I don't think anything other than Thin C will work on my Classic. Does anyone know of such a thing for Linux?

If I can't find anything, I'm going to have to re-write it in something else for the transfer to Linux. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it would be a pain.

As a final thought, since Thin C is just a stripped-down C, are the two similar enough that a Thin C program would compile in ordinary C?

Thanks in advance!

bskahan
04-26-2003, 02:56 AM
if 'thin c' is just a subset of ansi C try gcc, check the documentation of GCC, maybe there's a flag. You have a compiler for thin C on your Mac?

mage492
04-28-2003, 11:02 PM
I do, but it's only really for older Macs (around '91). Actually, it's not really an issue, anymore, because I found a few other ways to do what I want. Besides, re-writing might go faster than I'd thought...