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>>>>> On 15 Jun 1995 21:32:59 GMT, y90niemo@freya.isy.liu.se (Niels Moller) said:
> Perhaps he's refering to NeXT's compiler? As far as I know, the
> mixture of Objective-C and C++, called "Objective-C++", is supported
> in the NeXT compiler, and not in the plain GNU compiler, or any
> other compiler.

   Objective-C++ is not supported by FSF's gcc.   This is because
nobody has volunteered to do the work.   The sources to NeXT's
compiler is available and one has to *just* apply them to the current
gcc sources.   However, I heard from a reliable source that this
*just* is about three week's work with cooperation from the C++
developers.    But then, us software folk always underestimate the
time to get things done.

   I sure would love to have an Objective-C++ from FSF and it seems
there are others as well.   I wonder how many of you out there would
be willing to make a finanical contribution to some company, say
Cygnus, to do the work.   If 60 sites contributed an average of $1000,
that might be enough to get the work done.   I think I can get my site
to put up the first $1000.

   Remember that Cygnus financed the port of gcc to Solaris 1.0 with
contributions.   So this form of getting work done has some
precedence.
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Paul F. Kunz	Paul_Kunz@slac.stanford.edu (NeXT mail ok)
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