Re: proof of cocoa superiority?
Re: proof of cocoa superiority?
- Subject: Re: proof of cocoa superiority?
- From: Stefan Arentz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:03:28 +0200
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:25:22PM -0700, John C. Randolph wrote:
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On Sunday, June 10, 2001, at 12:02 PM, Stefan Arentz wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:30:35AM -0700, John C. Randolph wrote:
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>> On Sunday, June 10, 2001, at 11:09 AM, Stefan Arentz wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:06:21AM -0700, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
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>>>>> Maybe it is time for OpenEOF. Anyone interested in such an effort?
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>>>> See GnuStep.
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>>>> However, Apple's patents prevent a full re-implementation of EOF at
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>>> Which patents? Do you happen to know the numbers or title?
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>> As I recall, Apple has a patent on key-value coding.
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> Uh. What's is that?
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The ability to address the ivars of an object as if the object were a
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dictionary.
How's that different from object introspection? That's already present
in plain ObjC right?
Stefan