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Is GNUStep the only way to make objective-c cross platform?
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Or could I use objective-c to write directly to the Win32 api? I read in the FAQ that objective-c can communicate with c++ fairly well on the Mac, with notable exceptions such as objc has no idea how to deal with virtual C++ methods.
But the million dollar question is; how hard is it to use the win32 api from objective-c and has anybody done it?
The reason I ask is that I'm beginning a new open source project that I want to be cross-platform. I would like to use objective-c just because I hear its got a good object implementation and I want the Mac implementation to tie directly to Cocoa. Performance is very important for this application, so I've ruled out Java (flame away).
Or would I be better off to write my project in C++ and use the Carbon API? I really don't want to do that, but if thats best for the windows port, then I guess I could swallow my pride and use the Carbon API....
Thanks for your help,
Tampa Developer
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The problem is really the API. KDE has ObjC bindings iirc, but not Cocoa/OpenSTEP ones.
<edit> I don't think Win32 supports ObjC though. ObjC++ would probably work </edit>
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Originally posted by Catfish_Man:
The problem is really the API. KDE has ObjC bindings iirc, but not Cocoa/OpenSTEP ones.
<edit> I don't think Win32 supports ObjC though. ObjC++ would probably work </edit>
Yeah, I don't expect the API's to be the same. But if I can create @protocols that implementers must conform to, then its just a matter of implementing the proper classes for whichever machine I want to port to.
So am I better off with Carbon, just to allow Windows users a fighting chance on their inferior machines?
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You're perfectly able to do what you say. In fact you could write your program entirely in Obj-C/Carbon if you wanted to. However, you're going to lose the benefit of Cocoa at least on Windows, and possibly on Mac OS X as well.
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Thanks for the thoughts. You're all gonna think I'm nuts, but here's the reason I'm asking this question... This is my new project. Its very ambitious, but I have written a number of scripting languages, so its not a big step for me.
http://scrapie.sourceforge.net/
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