Re: cocoa-dev digest, Vol 1 #565 - 5 msgs
Re: cocoa-dev digest, Vol 1 #565 - 5 msgs
- Subject: Re: cocoa-dev digest, Vol 1 #565 - 5 msgs
- From: Simon Stapleton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:59:15 +0100 (BST)
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From: Yves Page <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Objective-C EOF Applications on MacOS X...
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Hello All !
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We are attempting to port an old EOF Objective-C application
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to MacOS X and so would like to keep most of the code in
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Objective-C although we realize we need to use Java to access
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the database since Objective-C EOF no longer exists. Is
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anyone else out there attempting to write Objective-C EOF
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applications on Mac OS X ? So far, we have discovered that :
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1. There is no documentation (not even a mention) about
this
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in the Apple documentation which makes us wonder how long
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this
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solution will exist for.
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2. The pricing issue has yet to be addressed by Apple so
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we currently need to install WebObjects on all our
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client machines at $700 per client machine.
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We are trying to figure out whether we should carry on with the port
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or simply rewrite our application using some other technology. If
we
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discover that we are alone in our quest, we are not likely to get
any
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attention from Apple and so may go the rewrite route. Is anybody
else
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attempting
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something similar out there ? Please, tell us we are not alone.
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Thank You in Advance.
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Yves
Yves.
I'm not sure, and please bear in mind that I have absolutely zero
experience with EOF, but there is a bunch of code over at the GNUstep
site (the db library) which looks as though it might be a replacement
for EOF. Maybe. Head on over to
http://www.gnustep.org and have a
look.
Simon
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If the answer isn't obvious, the question is a distraction. Go find
an
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