Richard L. Hamilton wrote: >> Why exclude GCJ (i.e. the Java compiler) and GNAT >> (Ada compiler)? >> Objective C++ may be inappropriate, on the other >> hand: it is not built by >> default, its future maintenance is highly uncertain, >> so it may be better >> not to include it in the first place. > > Why do you say "its future maintenance is highly uncertain"? > > GNUstep needs it, so does the Mac (the latter implying a sponsor with > some resources). > > The more languages, the merrier; they're all invitations to port apps, > and their absence prevents or impedes ports. Without apps, neither > the OS nor the hardware are of much use...
I suspect it is because Apple has been the primary source of maintenance and improvements for objective c, and since they're moving onto llvm, it's unlikely that gcc will see those improvements. -- Shawn Walker
