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It is interesting to see the increased e-mail traffic on Objective-C
for Windows.  This is good, since Objective-C has some significant
advantages over C++ for writing Windows Applications.  Objective-C
has an architecture which fits gracefully and efficiently on top of
Microsoft Windows.  Microsoft Windows and Objective-C are both based
on message passing, where the message is determined by an integer,
and the receiver looks up the function to be executed.  Futhermore
they both have a one-to-one mapping between message integer, and a
string defining the message.  This similarity between the products
reduces the effort required of the developer.  

     Furthermore, in order to allow assembly of objects, dynamically
linked libraries need to be dynamically bound, and this is made
possible by Objective-C.  Thus Objective-C will open a software components 
market place under Microsoft Windows. 

   I would like to respond to Ken Lerman's inquiries into the
requirements in the Windows market.  This market has several
requirements.  First it needs Stepstone to release the Objective-C
translator running under Windows.  BPG has no interest in doing this
work and is waiting for Stepstone to release the product.  Once the
basic translator is available running under Windows, then it is
possible to make the significant extensions needed to meet the needs
of Windows Developers.  In my humble Opinion, it is desirable that
the Stepstone translator run with the award winning Borland compiler.
This service is best provided by a Borland Key Developer with close
access to the new product releases from Borland, someone who has
imput into the new product release cycle.  It is desirable that the
product make it easy to create a DLL, and ship with a DLL
demonstration program.  A user interface tool kit and Window Builder
are required.  One solution is to provide an interface to Smalltalk
which has excellent user interface builer products available, and is
much like Objective-C.  Finally, some specialized services are
required in the area of Dynamic Link Libraries, and BPG is already
helping one of its clients in this area. 

    I hope that this answers your questions Ken Lerman.  And now for a
tiny commercial plug.  If you are looking for these features, you can
either wait for Stepstone to provide them, or else you can purchase
the Borland extensions to Objective-C now.

Christopher Lozinski
Vendor Borland Extensions to Objective-C.

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