Re: libgnustep-base split proposal

[Philippe C.D. Robert]

On 19.02.2006, at 17:12, Helge Hess wrote:

> On 19. Feb 2006, at 06:27 Uhr, Andrew Ruder wrote:
> > Objective-C is an incredible programming language, but right now the
> > most crippling factor for its widespread use is the lack of a  
> > "standard
> > library."
>
> Where did you get that conclusion I never heard about that one  
> before! :-)

I believe his point is a valid one. It would be nice to have some  
kind of a standard ObjC library which comes with gcc-objc and which  
provides some basic functionality needed in most applications. But I  
don't think splitting base would help a lot here, unless we're  
talking about a more tight integration with gcc, which would be very  
interesting...

> Whats problematic is that it isn't possible to go w/o it and run  
> GNUstep binaries/libraries like a regular Unix tool. Thats one of  
> the reasons why its currently not possible for OGo to switch to  
> gstep-base.

Exactly, this is IMO a severe drawback of GNUstep, even worse, a  
major show stopper (at least for me)!

cheers,

-Phil
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