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>GNUstep How functional is this? It looks great but does not seem to get much use, is that just a popularity contest thing or does it have issues? Since it can

>GNUstep How functional is this? It looks great but does not seem to get much use, is that just a popularity contest thing or does it have issues? Since it can compile any C code (up to what standard?) Does that mean we can mostly use C libraries? Are there issues with interfacing the C libraries with objc objects? Any good linux directed resources for learning objc/GNUstep?

spacedcowboy 1y ago
GNUstep is actually great, but it’s been around for a long time, and has some baggage because of that - which means you want the right (modern) setup, and not every Linux distribution provides the correct combination. You get Arc, you get blocks, you get everything that ObjC can offer (apart from very new or obscure Apple frameworks), and yes, it links with C/C++ just like it does on a Mac. The full GNUstep provides a lot of functionality, so it depends on having a runtime installed - so it can load system frameworks for example. This means that installing a GNUstep app will install quite a lot of extra stuff into a “system” location, which could be seen as a disadvantage though.
- ofalkaed 1y ago
  >depends on having a runtime installed That is what I want. I am just a hobbyist and not much good so having most of that stuff decided for me is a feature. I was going to go with a smalltalk but C libraries being native is a big plus for me and there will not be much to learn since I somewhat know C.