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Subject: Re: Objective-c
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In-Reply-To: <199601231044.LAA21624@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Jan 23, 96 11:40:12 am
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> > > > Hi
> > > >   Does the 2.1R support Objective-C? 
> > > 
> > > Yes.  It's part of gcc.
> > 
> > No :-) Though it's part of gcc it's not in FreeBSD.
> > 
> > locate cc1obj
> 
> Strange.  I don't have a FreeBSD machine here to check, but it should
> be easy enough to port if it's not there.  Any comments from Those Who
> Know?
> 
> Greg

Objective-C was broken in early gcc 2.6.x, which may account for it
being dropped. Though it is working better in gcc 2.6.3.

-- 
Robert Nordier