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- From: FLETCHERJP@aston.ac.uk (John Fletcher)
- Subject: Re: GNU Objective-C discussion
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- References: <BzzDzB.4Ky@cs.dal.ca> <1992Dec30.044951.2956@Trirex.COM>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 11:43:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.044951.2956@Trirex.COM> dglattin@trirex.com (Dennis Glatting) writes:
-
- >In article <BzzDzB.4Ky@cs.dal.ca> kelley@cs.dal.ca (Dan Kelley) writes:
- >> |> Richard Stallman believes it is too early to start a gnu-objc
- >> |> newsgroup. So I wonder if this group, comp.lang.objective-c, would
- >> |> tolerate general discussion of GNU Objective-C.
- >>
- >> Speaking as a 'reader', not a 'writer' to this group, I'd have to say
- >> PLEASE do post gnu stuff here. I've been tantalized by the discussion
- >> of obj-c, but we don't have a compiler here that handles it.
- >>
- >> Although we have gcc-1.37.1 and gcc2.2.2, when I try to compile the
- >sample
- >> program from the FAQ, it dies because it cannot locate objc/Object.h.
- >I've heard
- >> that the present gnuC doesn't have proper runtime libraries, so I wonder
- >whether
- >> this is the problem, or is it just that our gcc isn't installed
- >properly? To put
- >> it simply, might a presently-available version of gcc be able to compile
- >the
- >> program called 'sample' from the FAQ stored on music.sie.arizona.edu?
- >If so,
- >> I'd be interested in trying it out.
- >>
-
- >I can't speak for the example in the FAQ but there is a sleazy test suite
- >available for the current GNU run time -- yes, the run time does exist, it
- >is available, and it does work, but it is in its infancy.
-
- >Cruising through my file store... Yes, there is a objc/Object.h.
- >However, I'm using gcc 2.3.2 and I had to install the include files and
- >libraries by hand.
-
- >I've just looked at the example in the FAQ. Where do these objects come
- >from?
- >#import "Queue.h"
- >#import "Stack.h"
-
- >--
- >Dennis P. Glatting / Sr. Technical Manager / Trirex Systems Inc.
- >315 Post Road West / Westport, Connecticut 06880 / (203)221-4600
- >dennis_glatting@trirex.com (NeXTmail Ok)
- >Member League for Programming Freedom
-
- I am using DJGPP (Version 1.08) which contains GCC 2.2.2, not 2.3.2.
- Do the definition files works with GCC 2.2.2? If so, where can they be
- found?
-
- John
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