What is the best software ( open source ) for programming on c++ a Mac ?
any suggestions?
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You don't need anything special to program C++ on the Mac. The only real requirement is to install the developer tools from Apple. This provides the compiler tool-chain and development headers needed to write and compile standards compliant C++ on OS X which is really all you need.
Once you have done that it's a case of either using Xcode to manage your projects and compile your source, or outsourcing to an external build system and possibly an external editor.
A lot of people are happy just to use the default tools. Personally speaking I favour textmate as an editor and I use Waf as a build system so that I can compile my code on many platforms and am not tied into to OS X per-se.
jkp
2010-01-17 10:06:40
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Eclipse works reasonably well on Mac. The requirement that your IDE be open-source is a little odd. More important that it works well, right?
Potatoswatter
2010-01-17 18:56:12