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Re: GNU Objective-C discussion

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From: John Fletcher
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 11:43
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In article <1992Dec30.044951.2956@Trirex.COM> dglattin@trirex.com (Dennis Glatting) writes:

>In article <BzzDzB.4Ky@cs.dal.ca> kelley@cs.dal.ca (Dan Kelley) writes:
>> |> Richard Stallman believes it is too early to start a gnu-objc
>> |> newsgroup.  So I wonder if this group, comp.lang.objective-c, would
>> |> tolerate general discussion of GNU Objective-C.
>> 
>> Speaking as a 'reader', not a 'writer' to this group, I'd have to say
>> PLEASE do post gnu stuff here.  I've been tantalized by the discussion
>> of obj-c, but we don't have a compiler here that handles it.
>> 
>> Although we have gcc-1.37.1 and gcc2.2.2, when I try to compile the  
>sample
>> program from the FAQ, it dies because it cannot locate objc/Object.h.   
>I've heard
>> that the present gnuC doesn't have proper runtime libraries, so I wonder  
>whether
>> this is the problem, or is it just that our gcc isn't installed  
>properly?  To put
>> it simply, might a presently-available version of gcc be able to compile  
>the
>> program called 'sample' from the FAQ stored on music.sie.arizona.edu?   
>If so,
>> I'd be interested in trying it out.
>> 

>I can't speak for the example in the FAQ but there is a sleazy test suite  
>available for the current GNU run time -- yes, the run time does exist, it  
>is available, and it does work, but it is in its infancy.

>Cruising through my file store...   Yes, there is a objc/Object.h.   
>However, I'm using gcc 2.3.2 and I had to install the include files and  
>libraries by hand.

>I've just looked at the example in the FAQ.  Where do these objects come  
>from?
>#import "Queue.h"
>#import "Stack.h"

>--
>Dennis P. Glatting / Sr. Technical Manager / Trirex Systems Inc.
>315 Post Road West / Westport, Connecticut 06880 / (203)221-4600
>dennis_glatting@trirex.com (NeXTmail Ok)
>Member League for Programming Freedom

I am using DJGPP (Version 1.08) which contains GCC 2.2.2, not 2.3.2.
Do the definition files works with GCC 2.2.2?  If so, where can they be 
found?

John
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