[linux-audio-dev] OSC vs MIDI

[martin rumori]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:24:20AM -0400, Pete Bessman wrote:
> At Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:49:36 +0100,
> Steve Harris wrote:
> > 
> > Obejctive C is OK, it uses messages (smalltalk style) rather than method
> > calls, and they have some performance limitations, but the class stuff is
> > all sane.
> 
> Good call, I forgot about it at the time of writing.  It is quite
> nice, and I like how the 'id' type obviates most of the need for
> templates.  The only complaint I have is that I think the class
> declaration/definition syntax is... goofy...  But that's certainly
> tolerable.

sure.  my only complaint is the lack of namespaces.  and maybe missing
class variables, you have to use a static c thing for that.

not to mention the next foundation stuff.  it's possible to write high
level portable code using gnustep on linux and cocoa on mac os x.  i
just spent days of building an autoconf/automake build system that
runs both on gnustep and cocoa (avoiding gnustep-make but getting some
vars/paths out of it), had to steal some objc compiler/runtime
detection macros from different places...

but we are running straight OT now...

bests,

martin