# Mac OS X c compilers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-c-compilers/142994>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-c-compilers/142994 "2002-12-16T02:05:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![High\_Deity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@High\_Deity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Deity)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-c-compilers/142994/1 "2002-12-16T02:05:01Z")

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Where can I find one? My net searching skills are down today… too much football I suppose.

Thanks all.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-c-compilers/142994/2 "2002-12-16T02:42:33Z")

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I was under the impression that one came with OS X. Look on your Developer’s Tool disk.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-c-compilers/142994/3 "2002-12-16T02:50:01Z")

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Download the [MacOS X Developer Tools](http://developer.apple.com/tools/index.html) if you don’t already have the developer’s tools disc.

It comes with a OS X version of the standard CC compiler as well as the groovy ProjectBuilder stuff descended from NeXT. 🙂