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Noah
Noah

Reputation: 15320

Are there any Objective-C compilers for Windows?

Simple question really, and I have Googled it...

Are there any Objective-C compilers that run under windows 7, other than running iOS under VirtualBox or VMWare?

EDIT: Question changed from emulators to compilers

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3788

Answers (3)

FeifanZ
FeifanZ

Reputation: 16316

GCC and possibly MingW have support for Objective-C; in the former case, since the early 90s. However, Obj-C is so closely related to the Foundation libraries that it is of little use elsewhere. In Windows, stick to C++ or C# for the most part.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090428100046AAWQ8pa

Upvotes: 0

Dave Newton
Dave Newton

Reputation: 160170

You can run gcc under Cygwin.

GNUstep and Cocotron are complete(-ish) Cocoa(-ish?) environments.

Upvotes: 1

Pablo Santa Cruz
Pablo Santa Cruz

Reputation: 181270

There is no such thing as an Objective-C emulator. Maybe there is an Objective-C compiler.

If you are referring to an iPhone/iPad/iOS emulator, then the answer is: no. You need Mac OS X to run a proper iOS emulator.

Update: now that you change from emulator to compilers, then the answer is yes. You can compile Objective-C with a Windows machine using GCC 4.2 (under Cygwin, or using MinGW). But, do keep in mind that that doesn't mean you will have Cocoa or CocoaTouch frameworks available (which you need to do iOS development).

Upvotes: 4

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