Well, I am trying to run eclipse (c#/c++) on my mac os x but when I try to debug something I get an error message.. "Binary not found". Google is the best place to check about solution's I have done everything nothing helps me. I don't know why... I run eclipse on my linux to, ubuntu, suse, and they run just fine. I can't find a fixed for that problem... Even factory reset of my mac I made and isn't helps, updates, patches libraries that I found, but nothing, seems to be a big problem for me and I don't know what to do!!! Please feel free if you don't know what to do prefer me a good compiler for c#/c++ languages, I really loved xcode but only for object-oriented, I really heard a lot of bad things about c# and c++ with xcode and I need your opinion!! Thanks a lot!!!!
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Both C# and C++ are object oriented, but that does not really matter in terms of how well Xcode is suited. You can use Xcode for C++ projects without any problems. For compilers, I don't know about C# but for C or C++ you have GCC which is probably what eclipse uses anyway. If you have installed Xcode you will have both GCC/g++ and clang installed already on your system. Eclipse itself is not a compiler, you can use any editor and compile in the terminal with either clang or gcc for C and g++ for C++.
Edit: C# should not be confused with C (I get that impression from your C#/C++ notation), C# is a Microsoft invention that normally requires a VM to run. I don't know about what options there are to compile C# to a Mach-O file on Macs.
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I mention object oriented as for mac and iphone develop!! For the edit: that you mention, yes you have right!! C# it's difference from c++ and has to with Microsoft invention... From your reply I get that you prefer to use xcode!! Correct ?? And the truth is I use xcode on my laptop ( mac book ) but I never try to run eclipse, instep of mac mini that I am trying to debug program I don't have xcode but I am pretty sure that I have install g++ and gcc.. anyway!! Thank you for your reply!! And please let me know if xcode is ok with that... ( I will try it anyway!! )
I mostly use Xcode for Cocoa, but I have used it for pure C++ code as well. As I said you can use it for that purpose without problem, if you have and know Xcode already that seems like a sensible approach. Just make sure you pick the right template for your project, i.e command line and C++. Other options is to pick an editor of choice (BBedit, Textwrangler, Text mate, vim, emacs etc.) and compile in the terminal.
If you are not using the Helios release of Eclipse on the Mac, that may be the problem. Older versions of Eclipse won't debug properly on Mac OS X (older than 10.7 Lion) and even Helios won't work properly to debug on 10.7 Lion.
Helios should work with 10.5 and 10.6 versions of Mac OS X.
Helios should work with 10.5 and 10.6 versions of Mac OS X.