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Re: GCC Steering committee's opinion on ObjC++


From: Jeff Teunissen
Subject: Re: GCC Steering committee's opinion on ObjC++
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 01:30:59 -0400

Aredridel wrote:

> > It appears the reason is that while the SC recognizes that Apple have
> > spent considerable time working on ObjC++, it is not something that
> > the SC want to maintain. A broken ObjC++ will not be considered a
> > critical bug preventing a new gcc release; if ObjC++ is broken by a
> > checkin, it is not the committer's responsibility to fix it, it is
> > Apple's; and so on.
> >
> > It seems to me that no amount of arguing will change that particular
> > decision.
> 
> No -- time and experience will. If Objective C++ becomes a more widely
> used language outside of Apple than it has, then it will probably be
> supported by default.

Which will not happen if ObjC++ is non-default. See? Intentional catch-22.

Of course, I don't mind this result in the least.

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