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From: tenny@ootool.dec.com (Dave Tenny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mixing C++ and Objective-C
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Date: 28 Feb 91 13:17:08 GMT
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In article <30778@mimsy.umd.edu>, wilson@mimsy.umd.edu (Anne Wilson) writes...
>machine's software.  My question is this - how freely can C++
>and Objective-C be mixed using the new compiler?  Must each
>module be distinctly one or the other?  Is there any reason
>not to continue coding in C++ while I'm waiting?

I've used both Objc and cc++ on the NeXT.  The documentation says
that they've modified cc++ to recognize objc constructs, but this is
the one thing I haven't tried yet.  C++ code has no trouble #importing
objc include files.

One gotcha for your app, none of the traditional c++ libraries are on the
Next.  No streams in particular.  So unless you port libg++ yourself,
you'd better plan on using stdio.

Dave