On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Sebastian Reitenbach <
sebas...@l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote:

> How about just calling it as simple as: "GNUstep Runtime"
> That GNUstep runs on Objective-C, should be clear from the general
> description
> about what GNUstep is anyways.
>

I would just like to add that it is very likely that there is still some
confusion around the "GNU runtime" and the "GNUstep runtime".  I'd imagine
this is a problem for people new to the GNUstep eco-system.  Most, if not
all, GNU/Linux distros still include GCC as the standard compiler, and do
not support the new features.

The first step for anyone new to GNUstep, after they realize the distro
supplied packages are sorely out-of-date, will be to compile it using the
standard compiler/runtime supplied to build GNUstep.

Then a page dedicated to the runtime, could go into the gory details of all
> the nice features it provides.
>

Are we now saying libobjc2 is the "preferred" runtime?  If so, it implies
that clang is the preferred compiler.  I have no arguments for or against
it, I just want to clarify.

cheers,
> Sebastian


PS: It would be nice if we could get the GNU runtime deprecated within
GCC.  I think I remember David tried integrating the GNUstep runtime with
GCC and got frustrated, but GCC is still the "GNU compiler" and the
standard compiler on GNU/Linux, having 2 slightly incompatible runtimes is
confusing, even for me who has followed the project for over 10 years.
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