Re: ABI compatibility with Cocoa

[Ivan Vučica]

Hi Luboš,

Just on a side note, did you see a similar project called "Magenta"? Author is 
targeting iOS compatibility instead of OS X, but she primarily seems to be 
working on lower-level portions.
  http://crna.cc
I haven't tried it out yet, but you two seem to be working on similar things, 
so it might be interesting for you to get in touch.

On 5. 8. 2012., at 15:32, Luboš Doležel <lubos@dolezel.info> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> as part of my diploma thesis I'm working on a userspace Darwin compatibility 
> layer for Linux. The primary task is to get unmodified console applications 
> running on top of a Wine-like layer. Currently, I'm working on a compatible 
> libSystem.dylib reimplementation - i.e. resolving ABI issues and implementing 
> missing Mach and BSD kernel calls, albeit in many cases it's just a dummy 
> function.
> 
> http://darling.dolezel.info/
> 
> As a long-term aim, I would also like to get other applications running - 
> personally especially 3D games, but ordinary GUI apps as well. One of the 
> important pieces is Cocoa and GNUstep seems to be a good choice for dealing 
> with AppKit implementation on Linux.
> 
> Towards this end, I'd like to ask what you see as the biggest hurdles in ABI 
> (not just API) compatibility when replacing Apple's AppKit with GNUstep?
> 
> I'd like to note that I realize what I'm trying to achieve is a *tremendous* 
> task, but well, I believe it can be done!
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Luboš Doležel
> 
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