Re: Objective-C Specification
Re: Objective-C Specification
- Subject: Re: Objective-C Specification
- From: Josh Aas <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 18:57:20 -0500
Thanks for the replies. I hadn't thought to look in the Appendix folder. I'd
like clarification on what you mean by Apple "owning" Obj-C; if gcc can hand
Obj-C code, then how can Apple "own" the language? Also, C was in trouble
before the ISO/ANSI standard - is Obj-C in for the same ride? Apple has been
making lots of improvements to gcc lately and I hope that work is benefiting
the community. Does anyone know Apple's plans for the language? Will it be
pushed on other platforms at all? Thanks again in advance.
-Josh
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On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 12:17 am, Josh Aas wrote:
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> 1. Is there an ISO and/or ANSI standard for Objectiv-C?
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No. I think that Apple "owns" Objective C. NeXT acquired from StepStone
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all the rights to the Objective C language and the Objective C trademark
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in 1995. StepStone is (was?) the company of Brad Cox, inventor of
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Objective C.
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> 2. Where are the exact specifications for the language (the likes of
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> which
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> could be used to write a compiler, not that I intend to).
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The Reference Manual for the Objective-C Language can be found at:
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file:///Developer/Documentation/Cocoa/ObjectiveC/AppendixB/index.html
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Marco Scheurer
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Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland http://www.sente.ch
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