Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ak10+ From: ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: C++ vs. "Objective C" Message-ID:Date: 9 Aug 89 01:48:39 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 13 I have a number of questions regarding NeXT's choice of Objective C as the development language of choice: First, is there an Objective C standard, either formal or informal? If not, what was NeXT's reasoning behind adopting Objective C? In any event, why wasn't C++ chosen? Its popularity is growing and more important, Stroustrup has defined the language formally. Thanks, Drew Andrew Kompanek Carnegie Mellon University - Class of '92