Re: GSoC

[Hans Aberg]

On 1 Apr 2007, at 18:13, Akim Demaille wrote:

> > > > 1. List of languages. I have strong knowledge of C/C++, Java,  
> > > > Pascal
> > > > and base knowledge of C#, python, perl.
> >
> > > Java clearly comes first to my mind, but it's taken care of.
> > >
> > > C# would come second.
> >
> > What about Objective-C? It is used for GNUstep, and for Mac OS X,  
> > Apple has added a version with tracing GC.
>
> It makes sense.  But they need such a tool?  Don't they have
> one?  OSX is a mixture between C++ and Obj C++, don't they
> do all their parsing in C++?  Is ObjC++ upward compatible with
> C++, in which case the C++ skeletons would do?

I really do not know. One would think that Apple implements whatever  
they want. But others may want it. And if it, as you mention so close  
to C++, it might be fairly easy to implement it. So while at it, one  
might have a look at Objective-C as well. It just came to my mind.

  Hans Aberg