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| From | Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Getting started with Java on a Mac |
| References | <0001HW.CB35ACBC000174A4B038C9DF@news.panix.com> <130120121001312844%jimsgibson@gmail.com> |
| Message-ID | <Oo6Qq.334$EZ6.162@newsfe22.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | Public Usenet Newsgroup Access |
| Date | 2012-01-13 23:12 -0400 |
On 12-01-13 02:01 PM, Jim Gibson wrote: > 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. I'm not advocating Java for the OP's requirements, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that Java on Mac OS X isn't/hasn't been well supported. I'm running 1.6.0_29 on my MacBook right now, and that came out for Mac OS X only a few weeks after the update release for other platforms. It's been my experience for years (and I've used Java on Macs going back to when Java appeared) that Apple support for Java on Classic Mac and Mac OS X has been very good. Granted I am not a Java GUI guy, I may have written half a dozen trivial AWT or Swing apps ever in over a decade, and most of them not on a Mac anyway, so there could be some cruftiness when it comes to that side of things, but overall Mac Java support is very good. IMO. > 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> No, Apple is not dropping support for Java. Apple is contributing to OpenJDK, AFAIK. > Eclipse is available, so you might want to use that, although there > will be a bit of a learning curve. > > 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. > Well, I used Perl intensively back in the early and mid-90's, and I still have a pathological, masochistic fondness for it. I dunno as how I'd nominate it as a first choice; Ruby support on Mac OS X is quite good, and that's worth looking at. AHS -- ...wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government... -- Thomas Jefferson, 1789
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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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