[using gcc book] ch1 objective-c blurb

Gabriel Dos Reis gdr@integrable-solutions.net
Tue Aug 26 04:18:00 GMT 2003


Chris Devers <cdevers@pobox.com> writes:

[...]

| > Also, instead of 'lack of a preprocessor', I think you mean 'no need for
| > an intermediate C version', as in the C++ case.  Objective-C definitely
| > uses a preprocessor -- otherwise, you wouldn't be able to handle
| > #include's!  :-)
| 
| Okay okay, I stand corrected. Care to try a rewrite then?
| 
|     Compilation of Objective-C programs is done with the same
|     driver that is used for C code.  This eliminates the need
                                ^^^^

s/code/programs/.

|                                     This eliminates the need
|     for an intermediate C version,


    This elimintaes needs to translate Objective-C programs into 
    C equivalent before assembly code generation.

?

-- Gaby



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