Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site aurora.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!ames!aurora!al From: al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.lang.c Subject: Objective C (TM) for the Mac Message-ID: <386@aurora.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 16:18:30 EDT Article-I.D.: aurora.386 Posted: Tue Sep 10 16:18:30 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 05:33:54 EDT Distribution: net Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.micro.mac:2655 net.lang.c:6448 Productivity Products Inc. is porting Objective C to Mac using Aztec C as the target compiler (Objective C is a pre-processor). Unfortunately, some people in the company do not want to release a product because they believe there is little market. The basic technical work will 'be done in a few weeks'. I would like to have Objective C on the Mac. If you would too, write or call PPI Marketing 27 Glen Road Sandy Hook, CT 06482 (203) 426-1875 Objective C is a preprocessor for C that adds the SMALLTALK constructs object, message, and inheritance to C. All of C is available to the Objective C user, as well as much of SMALLTALK. This style of programming, called object programming, is very nice. I would hate to go back to functions and data structures. If there is interest, I will elaborate on what Objective C does. For now, I'll just say that it revolutionized my C programming ...