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From: glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Objective C class libraries
Message-ID: <1061@autodesk.COM>
Date: 4 Dec 90 05:29:29 GMT
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In-reply-to: isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU's message of 3 Dec 90 16:24:34 GMT

>For those of you who are NeXT developers, have you found the Objective C
>classes provided by NeXT to be sufficient?  Because reusability of code is
>supposed to be a feature of object oriented design, have you found that
>purchasing/obtaining classes defined by others (Stepstone, etc.) has been
>beneficial as opposed to your reinventing someone else's wheel?  I would be
>interested in your experiences and recommendations.

Yes on both accounts. I have found in writing my outliner that the Draw source,
and the ICpak101 I got by buying the StepStone compiler have saved me months
of work. The latter is particularly good stuff. I like the Collection
classes and IdArray stuff much better than the List and Storage classes
that come with NS, personally. For a nominal fee I've saved myself months
and months of coding. They literally "plugged" into my application,
and have served as role models for my own classes.

The hype is true. It really does save time and money.

- g