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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 1995 11:13:45 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Objective C in our source tree?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950821111230.496N-100000@minnow.render.com>
In-Reply-To: <199508191034.DAA04213@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, 19 Aug 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> I'm starting to see more Objective C libraries coming out, such
> as the ViewKit from the Hungry Programmers (the people doing LessTif).
> 
> I think we've been taking gcc to somewhat reduced bits long enough and
> we should be sensitive to the fact that some people do not regard this
> loss of functionality in the translation to be a good thing.  I remember
> that someone here had done the work necessary to bringing back the
> lost objective C driver and functionality - who was that?
> 
> I'd like to bring it back.  If nothing else, it would make gcc compatible
> with its own on-line documentation again.

Hang on a minute - ViewKit is C++ (its a clone of an SGI c++ library).  I 
did see some links from their web pages to the GNUStep project which is 
Objective C.

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Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
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