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Article #190Re: Smalltalk Interface to Objective-C (Product Announcement)
From: Jim Howe
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:18
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:18
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In article <69283@cup.portal.com>, lozinski@cup.portal.com (Christopher A Lozinski) writes: |> PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT |> |> The Smalltalk Interface to Objective-C makes Objective-C |> objects look like Smalltalk objects. The interface is based on the |> simple concept that every remote Objective-C class and instance can |> be represented by a local Smalltalk proxy object. Messages sent to a |> local Smalltalk proxy object are transparently forwarded to the |> actual Objective-C object it represents, and the results are returned |> as Smalltalk objects. To the Smalltalk developer, there are just |> Smalltalk messages being sent to Smalltalk objects. To the |> Objective-C developer, there are just Objective-C messages being sent |> to Objective-C objects. The net result is that the two languages are |> very smoothly integrated. |> Is communication one-way or two-way? For example, can a Smalltalk method call an Objective-C method which in turn calls a Smalltalk method? James W. Howe internet: jwh@citi.umich.edu University of Michigan uucp: uunet!mailrus!citi.umich.edu!jwh Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.objective-c,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!jwh From: jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) Subject: Re: Smalltalk Interface to Objective-C (Product Announcement) Message-ID: <P+C=Z4+@engin.umich.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:18:38 EST Organization: IFS Project, University of Michigan References: <69283@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: jwh@citi.umich.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: tarkus.citi.umich.edu Lines: 24