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procrastinate_later

Reputation: 669

Are Apple platforms the only place Objective-C is a good choice?

If you are not developing for an Apple platform, are there reasons to choose Objective-C? I know of GNUstep (which I do not find visually pleasing), but what else is there?

If you want to develop for multiple platforms, including OS X or iOS but also Linux or Windows, when might Objective-C be a good choice?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 502

Answers (3)

Lou Franco
Lou Franco

Reputation: 89142

Take a look at Cocotron, which is a port of Cocoa to Windows. If the Mac is your main target, this may be a way to get Windows as well. But, Apple platforms are the best place for ObjC -- if you aren't targeting Apple, I wouldn't use it.

Upvotes: 2

sespindola
sespindola

Reputation: 156

Outside Apple, The only major Objective-C environment is GNUSTEP/Windowmaker.
It's a shame, since Objective-C is a much nicer and saner language than C++.

Upvotes: 5

Doug Currie
Doug Currie

Reputation: 41170

There is The Cocotron

Clozure Common Lisp (CCL) on 32-bit Windows platforms now includes experimental support for the Cocoa frameworks using the Cocotron open source project.

Upvotes: 1

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