Objective-C

Links of Relevance

The language description, as defined by Apple

A list of on-line articles on Objective-C; see e.g. this introduction to the language

Object-oriented Programming and the Objective-C Language: a book from NeXT (1996); also here in PDF

Two complementary FAQs on Objective-C

A tutorial

The manual for the GNU Objective-C language (very incomplete)

Links to Objective-C-related web pages

A Linux Journal article, with comments from readers; see esp. the one from ‘Canadian’

GNUstep programming mini tutorials (see below for GNUstep)

Implementations:

The GNU Compiler Collection has a front end for Objective-C

The Portable Object Compiler (POC): a set of Objective-C class libraries and a precompiler to C

Class libraries:

Foundation (containers, strings, etc.) and Application Kit (user interface components) frameworks for the Apple’s Cocoa

GNUstep: based on OpenStep specification

GNUstep Renaissance: runs on top of GNUstep or on top of Cocoa, providing a layer of portability

Objective-c Foundation Classes (OFC)

ObjectiveLib: provides for Objective-C a similar functionality to STL for C++

libFoundation: similar to OpenStep or to Cocoa’s Foundation

There is also the ObjPak library included with the POC (see above for the POC implementation)

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