Re: Cocoa Newbie Question.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:05:19 -0700 (PDT), piscesboy wrote:
> On Jun 11, 10:18 pm, Dave Seaman <dsea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:05:58 -0700 (PDT), piscesboy wrote:
>>
>> >> By the way, "test" is a very poor choice for the name of an
executable
>> >> program.  Don't be surprised if executing the program appears to
produce
>> >> no response at all, since "test" is a shell builtin.
>> > It is in fact a "test".  A dummy program that I built to learn about
>> > Objective-C. It isn't meant to be proprietary software or a final
>> > release at all. I have exactly 24 hours worth of Objective-C
>> > experience as of this posting, so I am very much a novice at this
>> > stuff.
>>
>> Evidently you didn't read my explanation of why "test" is a poor choice
>> for naming an executable program.  I was not suggesting anything at all
>> about what kind of program it is, but only what is likely to happen
when
>> you type "test", expecting this to run your program.
>>

> Evidently, you don't understand the difference between an executable C
> file and a shell command. 

I learned that difference around 1980.  It's the difference I was trying
to explain to you, but it went over your head on the first try.

> I don't type "test" to run my program, I
> type "./test". I could just as easily have named my executable "grep"
> and run it by typing "./grep" and no confusion would result.

A person who is struggling with link commands such as you were is quite
likely to be unaware of the need to type "./test".  And since your first
response completely missed the point of what I was saying, I thought it
necessary to try again.


-- 
Dave Seaman
Third Circuit ignores precedent in Mumia Abu-Jamal ruling.
<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/29/18489281.php>