Re: New MachTen ObjC support --> ??

[Scott Christley]

My understanding is that their compiler is GCC so presumably they are using
the GNU Objective-C runtime; I don't know for sure though.

Scott

At 01:21 AM 1/29/97 -0500, John Eikenberry [MSAI] wrote:
>I read that they used their Obj-C to compile the gstep-base libraries 
>(ie. the GNUStep base libs). These are a pretty extensive set of libs
>and I would think this speaks well of their compiler.
>
>Though I would tend to agree with Ted, MkLinux is the way to go (unless
>you really want to stay within the Mac environ).
>
>John Eikenberry
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>
>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Theodore C. Belding wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>> In the past, MachTen PPC for the PowerMac wasn't a real Unix.  It lacked
>> memory protection, multitasking, and various other features.  (They had
>> assumed Apple would be done with the new OS by then). I haven't used it in
>> a long time, though.  I haven't heard anything about how compatible the new
>> MachTen Obj C port is.  You might post a query to <news:comp.unix.machten>
>> or the MachTen email list.  The advantage of using MachTen is that you can
>> run Mac apps concurrently with Unix (it runs under the MacOS).  MkLinux is
>> much cheaper and works fine.
>> -Ted
>> 
>