Re: Obj-C as a viable multi target language
Re: Obj-C as a viable multi target language
- Subject: Re: Obj-C as a viable multi target language
- From: Charlton Wilbur <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:03:00 -0500
On Dec 8, 2004, at 1:29 PM, Philippe Hausler wrote:
I guess my idea stems off the popularity burst in the Windows
developer world of C# .net. Since it seems that any change is derived
from appealing to the top level users (developers). That change
filters down through management, companies, and finally consumers.
Wouldn't a "port" of Cocoa to a Windows environment in the long run
just make more mac users?
I may be completely off base here and suffering brain damage from
writing too much Windows application code, but I really think that it
would be a pretty good idea.
It's a very good idea, but it doesn't create enough benefit to Apple --
who are the ones who would have to port Cocoa to Windows -- for it to
be worth the effort for them to do it. GNUstep is there, but one of
the reasons Cocoa is such a nice environment is that it's tightly
integrated with the OS; to get comparable integration on Windows, you'd
need some pretty hefty runtime support. In the case of environments
like C# and VB.NET, Microsoft provides the runtime support as part of
the OS install. In the case of GNUstep, you need to walk the user
through the installation of GNUstep as well as the installation of your
application, and that increases the support requirements substantially.
The summary of the summary: The tools available to write Windows
applications suck compared to the tools available to write OSX
applications. The only people who have the power to change this aren't
really interested in doing it, for sound business reasons that
unfortunately trump the aesthetic reasons.
But yes, you're right (in the part I snipped) -- there's nothing
technical preventing Cocoa from running on Windows, and it would be an
improvement over what's available for Windows development.
Charlton
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