[GRASS5] GUI for GRASS

[andy agena]

hi glynn:

i spent a little time yesterday trying to get openstep to compile on a 
fresh install of cygwin; no luck yet, as there's some unrecognized 
chmod option that kills the make install.  i'll try again this 
afternoon and let you know how it goes.

andy

Glynn Clements wrote:

> andy agena wrote:
>
>> i did a quick look around the gcc page, and obj-C is supported
>> (couldn't find which version it start with).
>
> I'm aware that gcc supports it; however:
>
> a) Most distributions relegate it to a separate package, and not many
> people install the objective-C component.
>
> b) I have no idea how reliable it is on minority platforms (i.e. other
> than Linux and Mac). Even gcc's C++ support has tended to be flaky on
> commercial Unices, which doesn't bode well for objective-C.
>
> c) What's the state of Windows support?
>
>> as for learning obj-C,
>> there's been this claim on the osx developers' pages that if one knows
>> C, one can learn obj-C in an afternoon...
>
> Even if people can learn it, will they? Or will they turn away as soon
> as they realise that it's in a language they don't currently
> understand?
>
> Also, it isn't just a matter of being able to write code. We need to
> be able to handle bug reports (which means understanding the awkward
> cases, not just typical usage). Can you call objective-C code from C?
> What about binary compatibility? E.g. C++ is very "fragile" in this
> area; note how many GDAL problems are C++ related. Will we have
> similar problems with objective-C?