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   Date: 11 Sep 90 21:14:19 GMT
   From: manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis)

   On the subject of the Objective-C mods to gcc, is there any word on
   the projected availability of gcc 2.0, which, according to the recent
   newsletter, will have both Obj-C and C++ support? 

2.0 will compile programs written in C, C++, and Objective C.

You will be able to run programs written in C using your system's
libc, and perhaps a gnu libc soon.

You will be able to run programs written in C++ using libG++,
Interviews, or the NIH class library.  With some work you could
even use your system's libC, if it has one.

You will not be able to run programs compiled with Gnu's Objective C
except on a NeXT, because there is no runtime library.  This is not
NeXT's fault!  I have also heard that Stepstone has trademarked the
very name "Objective C" so the FSF may have to call it something else!

It's a crying shame that Stepstone is shooting themselves in the foot
in this way -- the rest of us are getting caught in the ricochet.  All
they are doing is forcing people to put up with C++.

If anyone is (seriously) interested in writing or helping write the
runtime, please drop me a line (gumby@cygnus.com).  I think a lot of
stuff can be adapted from libG++.  Ideally full intercallability is
desirable, but probably impossible to achieve.