Re: [using gcc book] ch1 objective-c blurb

[Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>]

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 08:37  PM, Chris Devers wrote:

> Mmmm, "this eliminates needs" sounds stilted.
>
>     Compilation of Objective-C programs is done with the same
>     driver that is used for C programs.  This eliminates the need
>     to translate Objective-C programs into C equivalent before
>     assembly code generation.
>
> And I'm unclear if it's still fair to tack on
>
>     , and allows for better object
>     code and better debugging capabilities.
>
> ?
>
> More importantly, based on another branch of this thread, I'm not sure
> that the lack of a C intermediate is a significant assertion anyway.

I don't think it is an interesting assertion.  It's a true statement,
but you can make lots of true and uninteresting statements about
intermediate representations that the compiler doesn't have.  (e.g.
the C compiler doesn't use Fortran as an intermediate language.)

			--Matt