NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/next/programm/5909

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Subject: Re: Replacing NeXT cc with gcc-2.2.2
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From: Alex Raftis
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 16:31:52 GMT
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Shawn Willden writes
> 1)    I understand that the newest version of gcc incorporates NeXT's
> Objective-C extensions.  Is gcc lacking anything?  Is NeXT making any new
> additions to their compiler for 3.0 that may not be present in the current
> version of gcc?
>

From a previous (long) discussion on this topic, yes, gcc can and will work
on a NeXT. You have to, however, make some slight modifications to the code
to get it too work. GNU uses a slightly different naming methods on method
calls, so you need to patch the code to use NeXT's method. Also, the don't,
by default, support #import, so you have to turn this feature on. With these
two items enabled, people reported that the Objective-C compiler worked quite
well on a NeXT.

You should be able to get a copy of the discussion from archive sites. I
remember one post included patches to make it work.

I can't comment on the c++ aspects. Having learn OOP under Objective-C, I'm
generally loath to program under c++, except for when I have to. I prefer
simplicity over some of c++ more obscure features.

>
> --
> Shawn Willden
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Alex
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