Re: Objective-C standard

[Christopher Armstrong]

Hi all,

I've been reading the discussion about Objective-C not being a standard, 
and couldn't help thinking that perhaps there's another way of looking 
at this. The advantages of not having a standard in this regard is that 
we can "innovate" with regards to the language i.e. we are not bound by 
standards bodies to ensure that our compiler complies. Considering that 
gcc is the de-facto standard, I would have thought that the GNU project 
would only be limited  to the potential of it's developers in adding new 
features, modifying the runtime (and it's design), etc. Not unlike 
GNUstep already adds useful features to gnustep-base and gnustep-gui, 
where they may not be found elsewhere. Although this sounds a bit much, 
I don't think we should shy away from extending and modifying the 
language where the community reaches a consensus that such changes are 
useful.

Only my 2¢.

Cheers
Christopher Armstrong