Re: mulle-objc #MakeObjCGreatAgain

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

> Am 01.12.2016 um 11:39 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>:
> 
> Hi Stepper,
> 
> Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:
>> you might be interested in this: mulle-objc is a new way to run Objective-C 
>> code on various platforms, based on a new compiler and a new runtime.
>> 
>> https://mulle-objc.github.io
>> 
>> some more background information is available here:
>> 
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042199
> 
> nice news and nice work! Wonderful that somebody still has interest in 
> Objective-C.
> 
> I see interesting choices in your runtine... It looks mostly an evolutive 
> step of classic Objective-C without the uglyness of Objective-C 2.0 which 
> then became Swift and which took the verve away from Objective.C
> You decided not to pursue the horrible dot notation, for example. It looks 
> something linke version 1.5, although that would mean an intermediate step: 
> better another name, since it will never become 2.0, but more a parallel, 
> different direction.
> 
> I wonder whom it should appeal? Old-timers like me stick with obj-c "classic" 
> to be able to be compiler-independent and because it is essentially enough. 
> I'd like "new" things, but those would be quite hard to do and would perhaps 
> need both a new runtime and a new Foundation (e.g. I'd like to use inegtral 
> types as real objects, so not to have to convert from and to when using 
> NSArrays, more small-talk essentially.
> Those instead who love(d) Obj-C 2.0 either stick with it or jumped to Swift 
> because they just like the latest thing
> 
> 
> Anyway, interesting news!
> 
> Riccardo

Hi Riccardo,

I am not the creator of this, I am just the messenger. mulle-objc was created 
by the folks of Mulle-kybernetiK ( https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/ ) 
especially Nat! ( nat@mulle-kybernetik.com ) if I am not mistaken.

regards,

        Lars