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Article #248Re: History of Objective-C
From: Norihiro Ito
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:00
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ไผ่คใงใใ ใชใใจใๆชใใ่ฑ่ชใงใใฃใผใใใใฏใใพใใใ ใใฎๆจใไผใใฆใๆๆณใฎใใงใใฏใฏๅใใใซใ้กใใใพใใใ(^^;; ไปฅไธใฏใใฎๆชใใ่ฑ่ชใงใใๅพกๅๅใใใใจใใใใใพใใใ 1983 Brad Cox founded the Stepstonecorporation to develop and support Objective-C language, a compiler, and supporting libraries. 1985 Steve Jobs left Apple and started NeXT, a company that developed m68k machines and the NextStep operating system. The user interface of these machines was provided by Display PostScript and the AppKit which, written in Objective-C, made Objective-C the language of choice on NeXT computers. 1986 "Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach" was written by Brad Cox/Andrew Novobilski. 1989 NeXTstep 1.0a released.(Objective-C compiler was based on gcc 1.34) 199? GNU provionally supported Objective-C by gcc 1.99. 1992 NeXT released NeXTSTEP3.0.(Objective-C++//@protocol supported) GNU formally supported Objective-C by gcc 2.0 include libraries. 1993 NeXT stopped to produce original hardwares. GNU supported protocol by gcc 2.4. NeXT released NEXTSTEP3.1 include Intel based PC compatibles edition, and switched to malti platform line. NeXT released first PDO package(for HP-UX) which is base technology of OpenStep later. 1994 NeXT unveiled OpenStep specification. 1995 NeXT acquired all of Stepstone's rights in the Objective-C programming language and the Objective-C trademark. 1996 Sun added Objective-C support to their SparcCompiler. Sun released OPENSTEP for Solaris. NeXT released OPENSTEP4.0 which based on OpenStep specification. This included OPENSTEP Enterprise which running on Windows-NT. 1997 Apple acquired NeXT, and started Rhapsody project include integration between Objective-C and Java. Sun withdraw from OPENSTEP for Solaris by Java popularity. Thanks for cooperation: murao@kobe-u.ac.jp (Hajime Murao) KATO Tsuguru <phge031a@hmt.toyama-u.ac.jp> hironobu@h2np.suginami.tokyo.removeme.jp (Hironobu Suzuki) -- Norihiro Itoh Iwaki Development Center of Argotechnos 21 Inc.
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