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From: Andre_Louis_Marquis@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ Questions (Objective-C)
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Date: 29 Dec 87 16:14:36 GMT
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>The OOPS library is about where the Objective-C library was circa
>'84-'85.  The current Objective-C library is much larger, and has an
>extensive set of classes for interactive graphics.
I have Objective-C version 3.3, dated 2/13/87.  It has 23 classes including
Nil and Object (I'm too lazy to type the list.).  OOPS as of 10/2/87 has 42.
It's not much of an apples and oranges comparision, either.  OOPS is larger.

PPI offers ICpak 201, "A collection of Software-ICs which allows software
engineers to build custom, multiwindow iconic user interfaces for workstation
applications."  It has 49 classes, but as of 7/28/87, it's expensive -- $35,000
for a development license + $5,00 for source code.  For a commercial
application, it just might be the right thing since it exists now.

On the free front, there is a C++ toolkit on the X11R1 tape called InterViews.
It's still evolving and needed some patches to run on a Sun, but it works
quite well.  I doubt it's as extensive as ICpak (for which I have only seen
promotional literature).

Andre Marquis