Objective C?

[Corwin Light-Williams]

> Nobody is excluding the possibility of change.  There should probably be
> some kind of language quasi-committee or interest group that would look
> at proposed extensions.

So... uh... how do we get such a thing going? Who would be part of
it? I mean, we're talking about a language which (in my opinion) is
very cool, and could really be a big deal soon. Maybe there should
be such a committee. Maybe Apple needs to start an Objective-C evangelist
community. I for one would love to be involved with something like that.

> It's certainly not impossible, and yes, the ObjC++ frontend is being
> assigned to the FSF as well, so the code could be patched in.  But don't
> underestimate the difficulty of this task!  Even tho Apple has not been
> promoting the use of ObjC++, there are people wanting to extend or
> clarify the language definition in obscure areas.  There is literally
> no written definition of what ObjC++ is, so there is a high potential
> for confusion and disappointment.  I realize this all sounds like FUD,
> but I'll be honest, I do fear ObjC++... :-)

I'm not by any means saying it's easy, or even that I could effectively
do it. But I'm certainly interested in helping, especially because it
could really help people with C++ apps come over to Objective-C... :)
Maybe the aforementioned standards/evangelist group's first task should
be a discussion of ObjC++. I dunno. I know some people who are doing
ObjC development and are definitely interested in ObjC++, so I'm sure
it'd be useful.

Or maybe I just need to settle down. Isn't it wrong to be excited
about this stuff? :)

Corwin
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and 
then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath.
At night, the ice weasels come.

--Matt Groening