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thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark Thomsen) writes:

>Richard D Warner writes:
>>     I'm a developer who just wants to get a product out the door, and
>> I'm frustrated about having to learn a new language just to interface with
>> IB.  I know you're supposed to be able to insert ANSI or C++ code into IB
>> but I haven't been able to yet.  You still need to know what's going on
>> with the implementation files (in Objective-C).  It's supposed to
>> be "easier", but easier than what???  Why doesn't NeXT come up with a 
>> version of IB written for C++?  

>If you have already written lots of C++ that compiles stand-alone (can compile 
>on normally configured NeXT development system or with public domain libraries)  
>then I strongly suggest that you write a thin layer of Objective-C that fits  
>just on top of your C++ codes. The layer becomes the stuff to work with in  
>Interface Builder. Oh, and it takes a competent C programmer less than eight  
>hours to catch onto Objective-C ... in our experience which I have heard widely  
>shared.

I found Objective C to be an intuitive extension of C and agree with the 
eight hour figure cited above.  Further, if all you want to do is use
IB's skeleton code, you could probably learn what you need in a few hours.

David Basiji