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| From | Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac |
| Date | 2012-01-13 13:26 -0500 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <0001HW.CB35E18A000DD4E9B038C9DF@news.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <0001HW.CB35ACBC000174A4B038C9DF@news.panix.com> <130120121001312844%jimsgibson@gmail.com> |
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:01:31 -0500, Jim Gibson wrote (in article <130120121001312844%jimsgibson@gmail.com>): > In article <0001HW.CB35ACBC000174A4B038C9DF@news.panix.com>, Wayne > Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> wrote: > >> I've been looking for a programming language to help me write tools to do >> stuff. For example generate 2-D plots from CSV or text files. C++ can do >> that (and more) but there's a lot more overhead and maintenance that that >> requires. In the past I've used Tcl/Tk for that kind of task but that >> seems >> to be dying<sniff>, Excel with Visual Basic can do most of that but not so >> much on the Mac. >> >> I have a book "Core Jave" by Sun but I'm at a loss on how to start Java on >> my >> Mac. Is there any help for this noob? >> > > Java will run on a Mac, but is not well supported. Java is (or was) > provided by Apple, but the version often lagged, and they have > announced dropping support for Java. You will then depend upon Oracle > or some other party providing a Mac version: > <http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12Oracle-and-Apple-Announce-Ope > nJDK-Project-for-Mac-OS-X.html> That's what I was afraid of... But if it will let me learn how to get things started, it might be enough. I may have to recondition an old WinXP desktop that is lying around and see what I can get for that. > Eclipse is available, so you might want to use that, although there > will be a bit of a learning curve. <sigh> > I use a combination of Perl and gnuplot to generate 2D plots from CSV > or text files on a Mac. Since you are coming from Tcl/Tk, maybe picking > up Perl wouldn't be too hard. It's been 10-12 years since I've used Perl, one of the "potential" applications is 3D rotation in plotting points from a text file. Currently one of the guys at work is using Matlab for that, I was hoping for something a little simpler.
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Getting started with Java on a Mac Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> - 2012-01-13 09:41 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-13 09:04 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 10:01 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> - 2012-01-13 13:26 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 16:11 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> - 2012-01-16 13:48 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> - 2012-01-16 20:24 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-16 21:20 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned@panix.com> - 2012-01-17 05:33 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2012-01-17 11:30 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-17 17:34 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-17 17:32 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2012-01-19 13:09 +0000
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-19 08:35 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-19 19:08 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-19 19:05 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2012-01-20 21:50 +0000
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-20 21:15 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-21 17:44 +0000
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-21 15:59 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-13 16:43 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2012-01-13 16:58 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-14 22:46 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-13 23:12 -0400
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-01-13 20:13 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 20:47 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-01-13 23:16 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2012-01-13 23:56 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-14 11:17 -0800
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-14 22:52 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-14 11:00 -0400
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-01-14 22:30 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-14 22:45 -0500
Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-01-13 22:29 -0500
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