Re: Objective-C programming

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Chris Vetter" <cbv@gmx.net> writes:

> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:00:04 -0400, Mehul wrote:
> [...]
>> > GNUstep's base/gui (Foundation/AppKit) are much more mature than objci,
>> > so this begs the question, why do you want to avoid using them?
>> I am not trying to avoid using them, just that I have a low-end machine
>> and don't want to strain it too much by having to make use of the
>> GUI (low end being 66MHz NuBus PowerMac 7100).
>
> I'm using GNUstep on a 33MHz Sparc with 32MB Ram. While it's not as 'snappy'
> as, say a 1GHz PC, it's still quite usable.

Of course.  Remember that NeXTSTEP started on 68030@25MHz and we're
only re-implementing that (well, the fourth version).


>> As I said in my original
>> post, I have wanted to learn Objective-C, but under the false assumption
>> that one needed the GUI as well.  Nicola and yourself have clarified
>> that misconception.
>
> If memory serves right, there's at least one plain Objective-C library on
> SourceForge, that implements several containers, such as arrays, lists and
> such, that does not rely on GNUstep. I think it is/was called BobLib.

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