Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!cbnewsl!cbnewsk!ech From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Objective-C compiler? Message-ID: <1990Dec12.043710.27551@cbnewsk.att.com> Date: 12 Dec 90 04:37:10 GMT References: <1990Dec10.173008.22143@svc.portal.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 In article mf2u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Raymond Flatt) writes: > Is there an Objective-C compiler (as opposed to C++) for the Mac? I'm > just wondering, really. From article <1990Dec10.173008.22143@svc.portal.com>, by leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol): > I spoke with Brad Cox recently, who told me that Stepstone is doing > an Objective-C compiler for the Mac, though he was not willing to comment > on time frame (I would guess 2nd quarter). > I didn't (stupid me) ask about things like MacApp compatibility, > or MPW vs. standalone, so don't ask ;-) Hi, Leonard -- Frankly, the object models of Object Pascal (i.e., MacApp) and Objective-C are so different that it's hard for me to imagine MacApp support. On the other hand, Cox/Stepstone are very high on the notion of "software ICs", and they sell several class libraries as "ICpak nnn". So maybe we'll get some platform-independent class libraries instead (hope, hope). Meantime, you can go play with SmallTalk-V... =Ned Horvath=