Re: MacOS/GNUstep DO compatibility

[Michael Baehr]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:03:59 +0200, Björn Giesler <giesler@ira.uka.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> just an idea... it's still true that MacOS and GNUstep DO
> implementations are incompatible, right? Would it be possible for an
> application to just link in GNUstep's NSProxy implementation under a
> different class name and use poseAs: to tell the runtime it's the
> NSProxy implementation it should use? Would that be a feasible method
> to make the two compatible?
> 
> Regards,
> Björn
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I always thought a worthwhile way to accomplish this would be to
create a framework for both GNUstep and OS X that implemented message
proxying in XML.  Sort of an equivalent of Renaissance, yet for DO. 
Applications would, of course, have to specifically load in the
framework in order to take advantage of it, but it could provide the
necessary compatibility without being altogether too hackish.

-- Mike