Re: Obj-C vs Java- how about ObjC vs C++
Re: Obj-C vs Java- how about ObjC vs C++
- Subject: Re: Obj-C vs Java- how about ObjC vs C++
- From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:12:48 -0700
On Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at 06:50 AM, Vladimir Makovsky wrote:
I keep wondering why C++ is not associated any more with MacOS
development?
Because we're lucky?
What is gonna happen to existing apps written in C++ for classic?
Should be
ported to Obj-C?
Objective-C++ is coming back (we had it in NeXTSTEP), so if the code in
question adheres to the model-view-controller paradigm, it's feasible to
leave a large part of the code in C++ while the GUI gets rewritten using
Cocoa and Obj-C.
Are there Obj-C compilers for other platforms?
Yes. GNU Obj-C works everywhere GCC does, pretty much.
-jcr
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
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