Re: What/where is Objective C

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From: Bob Olson
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 16:37

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In article <ASHERMAN.90Sep28051047@dino.ulowell.edu> asherman@dino.ulowell.edu (Aaron Sherman) writes:
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>   3. What does O-C have to do with the NeXT (correct upper-lowers?)? Is this
>      something that I can only get easily for the NeXT? What other platforms 
>      can I expect to get it for?

Objective-C is the language in which the Application Kit and other
NextStep libraries are implemented. It therefore comes bundled with
the machine.

The version that NeXT is using is based on the GNU C compiler. When
release 2.0 of the GNU C compiler comes out, it will actually be a
C/C++/Objective-C compiler, as NeXT has released their Obj-C changes
back to GNU. However, I hear that the NeXT runtime libraries for Obj-C
are not a part of that (as makes sense, since they are not derived
from GNU sources). There is a plan afoot to write a GNU Obj-C runtime
library -- contact gumby@cygnus.com if you're interested in helping
out with it.

--bob

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