error trying to exec `as’: execvp: No such file or directory
I have downloaded gfortran and gcc and they are safely tucked into /usr/local/bin! However, gfortran test.f (where test.f is a…
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gfortran for Leopard
I have gfortran and gcc 4.3 binaries ready for Leopard using current snapshot GCC sources. Dave has created an installer package for the gfortran binary. This includes separate…
First Tech Book Published Exclusively on iPhone?
A while ago I suggested that perhaps the iPhone platform could offer an avenue for publishing technical books. In summary,…
Difference between [alloc [init]] and [new]
Is there a difference between these two syntax: [alloc [init]] and [new]. Apple uses [new] when they allocate the memory…
More iPhone apps for scientists
This week, I noticed two noteworthy iPhone applications targeted at scientists, Grafly and •Grafly (iTunes store link), a new graphing calculator that takes…
Contribute to OpenMacGrid
Contributing your Mac’s idle processing power to the OpenMacGrid is very easy. However, before you do so, please make sure…
GDL .. a free IDL
Many among us, in the Mac scientific community, use IDL, a sophisticated data visualisation and analysis platform by ITT Visual Information Solutions (formerly,…
Foray (formerly TCBuild) Fortran Build Tool Now Open Source
A while back I posted a story about a new build tool designed specifically to ease the pain of Fortran developers. Recently,…
New RubyCocoa Release & BridgeSupport
More interesting for MacResearch members may be the new BridgeSupport project, which appears designed to provide better support for scripting bridges to…
Grand Central Now Open to All for Mac
Apple today made the source code of Grand Central Dispatch available under an Apache open source license. One of the new technologies…
future gcc/gfortran releases on Mac OS X — they may be going away
Fellow researchers using OS X, The GNU steering committee has decided to remove OS X (intel) from their primary target…
Open Source Support
What are your experiences porting legacy code to OS X. Would you like to use compilers other than those currently…
Gfortran for Mac
I am compiling a large collection of Fortran 77 code using gfortran. All source compiles cleanly without error or warnings….
Where are the killer scientific apps for Mac OS X?
Every discipline has its must-have software applications that drives sales of the underlying platform, also known as “killer apps”. Windows…
NVIDIA CUDA on Mac OS X
NVIDIA just released its GPGPU technology i.e. the infrastructure for performing general purpose computing on its graphics cards, for Mac OS X….
Electronic lab Mac notebook
Hi all, I’m starting on a new position soon, and thought I would start getting organized: having written my PhD…
MacResearch Webcast on Developing Apps for iPad to Cover Papers and Mental Case
On Tuesday 6th July, 2010, at 10am US Pacific time MacResearch will broadcast a free webcast on developing apps for…
MacResearch Partners with Dataseam
It’s my pleasure to announce that MacResearch is partnering with the Kentucky Dataseam Initiative to help develop applications for scientific…
Apple’s WWDC Mystery Coding Project Revealed Security
For those of you who have been wondering about what Apple’s mystery WWDC Science Coding Project will be, I am now able…
In Memoriam: Warren L. DeLano
It’s with sadness that I bring the news that Warren L. DeLano passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, on Tuesday November…