<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
published	O
by	O
NXP	O
Semiconductors	O
for	O
editing	O
,	O
compiling	O
,	O
and	O
debugging	O
software	O
for	O
several	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
and	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
(	O
Freescale	B-Device
ColdFire	I-Device
,	O
ColdFire+	O
,	O
Kinetis	O
,	O
Qorivva	B-General_Concept
,	O
PX	O
,	O
Freescale	B-Device
RS08	I-Device
,	O
Freescale	B-Device
S08	I-Device
,	O
and	O
S12Z	O
)	O
and	O
digital	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
controllers	I-General_Concept
(	O
DSC	O
MC56F80X	O
and	O
MC5680XX	O
)	O
used	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Metrowerks	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
development	O
systems	O
on	O
that	O
platform	O
to	O
cleanly	O
support	O
both	O
the	O
existing	O
Motorola	B-Device
68k	I-Device
and	O
the	O
new	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
(	O
PPC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Apple	O
's	O
transition	O
to	O
the	O
PPC	O
,	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
quickly	O
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
development	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
rapidly	O
displacing	O
Symantec	O
's	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
Macintosh	B-Operating_System
Programmer	I-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Workshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purchase	O
of	O
NeXT	O
in	O
1996	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
decline	O
in	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
's	O
relevance	O
as	O
Mac	B-Device
programming	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
NeXT	O
platform	O
's	O
own	O
developer	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
responded	O
by	O
porting	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
introducing	O
compilers	O
for	O
a	O
wider	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
a	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Application
stack	I-Application
for	O
Motorola	O
's	O
varied	O
lines	O
of	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
led	O
to	O
them	O
purchasing	O
Metrowerks	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
single	O
integrated	O
product	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Classic	O
IDE	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
IDE	O
was	O
later	O
replaced	O
with	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
versions	O
are	O
6.3	O
of	O
the	O
Classic	O
IDE	O
,	O
and	O
11.0	O
for	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Languages	O
supported	O
are	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
by	O
Freescale	O
,	O
versions	O
existed	O
targeting	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
SuperH	O
,	O
M·CORE	B-Device
,	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
versions	O
of	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
Pascal	B-Application
,	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
on	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classilla	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
with	O
Metrowerks	O
CodeWarrior7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Metrowerks	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
C	B-Language
compiler	O
and	O
environment	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68K	I-Device
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Hommel	O
and	O
acquired	O
by	O
Metrowerks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
targeted	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
with	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
done	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
fast	O
compile	O
times	O
,	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
was	O
faster	O
than	O
Macintosh	B-Operating_System
Programmer	I-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Workshop	I-Operating_System
(	O
MPW	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
development	B-Application
tools	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
key	O
factor	O
in	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
transition	O
of	O
its	O
machine	O
architecture	O
from	O
68K	B-Device
processors	O
to	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
because	O
it	O
provided	O
a	O
complete	O
,	O
solid	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
compiler	O
when	O
the	O
competition	O
(	O
Apple	O
's	O
MPW	O
tools	O
and	O
Symantec	O
C++	B-Language
)	O
was	O
mostly	O
incomplete	O
or	O
late	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
also	O
made	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
generate	O
fat	O
binaries	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
both	O
68K	B-Device
and	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
support	O
in	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
for	O
May	O
1996	O
,	O
slated	O
for	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
took	O
the	O
approach	O
to	O
add	O
Java	B-Language
tools	O
support	O
in	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
debugging	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1996	O
,	O
Metrowerks	O
announced	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
for	O
BeBox	O
,	O
a	O
BeOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	O
named	O
BeIDE	O
supplementing	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
compiler	O
that	O
was	O
already	O
available	O
to	O
BeOS	B-Application
software	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Metrowerks	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Motorola	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
concentrated	O
on	O
embedded	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
,	O
devoting	O
a	O
smaller	O
fraction	O
of	O
their	O
efforts	O
to	O
compilers	O
for	O
desktop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Device
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
after	O
the	O
next	O
release	O
,	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
Pro	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demand	O
for	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
had	O
presumably	O
fallen	O
during	O
the	O
time	O
Apple	O
began	O
distributing	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
(	O
its	O
own	O
software	O
development	O
kit	O
for	O
OSX	B-Operating_System
)	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
released	O
a	O
monthly	O
series	O
of	O
developer	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
containing	O
resources	O
for	O
programming	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
volume	O
9	O
,	O
was	O
titled	O
"	O
Code	B-Operating_System
Warrior	I-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
movie	O
The	O
Road	O
Warrior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coincidentally	O
the	O
Metrowerks	O
founder	O
,	O
Greg	O
Galanos	O
,	O
an	O
Australian	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
movie	O
and	O
proposed	O
the	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
CD	O
packaging	O
was	O
very	O
much	O
in	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
developer	O
CDs	O
,	O
featuring	O
slogans	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Blood	O
,	O
Sweat	O
,	O
and	O
Code	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Veni	O
,	O
Vidi	O
,	O
Codi	O
"	O
in	O
prominent	O
lettering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competing	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Symantec	O
's	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
were	O
more	O
conventionally	O
marketed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
foresaw	O
as	O
it	O
had	O
with	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
need	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
must	O
have	O
developer	O
tool	O
to	O
help	O
developers	O
transition	O
from	O
MacOS	B-Application
software	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
future	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
was	O
a	O
software	O
compatibility	O
layer	O
used	O
to	O
port	O
Macintosh	B-Device
applications	O
to	O
the	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
and	O
other	O
UNIX	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
presented	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
library	O
that	O
implemented	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
API	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
Lee	O
Lorenzen	O
's	O
Altura	O
Mac2Win	O
software	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
Quicktime	O
for	O
Windows	O
SDK	O
allowed	O
Macintosh	B-Device
applications	O
to	O
be	O
recompiled	O
for	O
Windows	O
with	O
minimal	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
used	O
successfully	O
by	O
Adobe	O
to	O
port	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
and	O
Premiere	B-Operating_System
to	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
rebranded	O
Latitude	O
as	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
Latitude	O
,	O
updated	O
it	O
for	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
starting	O
with	O
Developer	O
Preview	O
1	O
and	O
then	O
marketed	O
it	O
to	O
Macintosh	B-Device
developers	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
product	O
for	O
$399	O
,	O
alongside	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
Professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
Developer	O
Release	O
1	O
(	O
DR1	O
)	O
was	O
previewed	O
at	O
WWDC	O
1997	O
in	O
the	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
Lounge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
DR2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Oct	O
27	O
,	O
1997	O
and	O
won	O
an	O
Eddy	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
1998	O
Macworld	O
for	O
Best	O
Tool	O
for	O
New	O
Technologies	O
beating	O
out	O
Joy	O
from	O
AAA+	O
Software	O
F&E	O
and	O
Visual	O
Cafe	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
1.0.2	O
by	O
Symantec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
was	O
heavily	O
promoting	O
the	O
OPENSTEP	B-Operating_System
API	O
(	O
renamed	O
Yellow	O
Box	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
C/C	O
++	O
/Pascal	O
Macintosh	B-Device
developers	O
,	O
this	O
presented	O
a	O
substantial	O
hurdle	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
markedly	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
MacOS	I-Application
API	O
that	O
ran	O
inside	O
Blue	O
Box	O
and	O
was	O
Objective-C	B-Language
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latitude	O
was	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
coined	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Green	O
Box	O
"	O
for	O
obvious	O
reasons	O
and	O
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
another	O
hit	O
for	O
Metrowerks	O
and	O
further	O
solidify	O
its	O
dominance	O
in	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
developer	O
tools	O
market	O
but	O
Apple	O
secretly	O
had	O
plans	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
's	O
IDE	O
for	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
and	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
Latitude	O
were	O
both	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
1998	O
in	O
the	O
third	O
party	O
developer	O
pavilion	O
but	O
were	O
quietly	O
discontinued	O
at	O
the	O
show	O
following	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
keynote	O
address	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metrowerks	O
used	O
Latitude	O
internally	O
to	O
port	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
on	O
Red	O
Hat	O
and	O
SuSE	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
commercial	O
sale	O
and	O
additionally	O
to	O
Solaris	B-Application
under	O
contract	O
from	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Latitude	O
supported	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.3	O
,	O
SGI	O
Irix	O
5.2	O
and	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
DP2	O
,	O
dropping	O
HP-UX	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
