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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: 25 Apr 91 16:22:35 GMT
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[RN once again choked, so I have to post instead of following up to this 
article.]

melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:

    What don't you like about Objective-C?  It contains a lot fewer
    extensions to C than C++.  It more closely resembles Smalltalk.  I've
    heard many people scream about how nasty C++ is.  I'm undecided.  I
    use the things that I like, and ignore that I consider to be thorny.
    You can use C++ on the NeXT if you like.  They ship a C++ compiler
    with the machine.

Well, for one thing C++ is standard.  I don't use non-standard languages
unless I _know_ I'm not going to be porting something.  On the NeXT, I
can't assure that, even if I'm using DP for something.  Using a non-
standard language on _any_ Unix box is not a very smart thing to do.  Who's
to say that you _won't_ port it, re-writing the GUI code for the other
platform?

Of course, NeXT went and stuck you with Obj-C if you want to use their
Interface Builder.  It'd be nice if you could select the language like most
other interface design packages I've used.

Greg
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