We are diverting from the list's objectives, but anyway:
C++ is C with Simula-like extensions. C++ can be implemented as a
preprocessor and as a real compiler. Currently there are real compilers.
It's strong typed, so you several errors are caught at compile time. Dynamic
behavior cannot escape a well defined hierarchy.
Objective-C is C with Smalltalk-like extensions. It runs as a preprocessor.
Taking advantage of the weak type checking in C, it can mimic to some degree
the dynamic behavior of Smalltalk.

C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff McInnes [mailto:gmcinnes@...]
> Sent: Sábado 22 de Julio de 2000 13:43
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> >Would that I could. This is getting compulsive.
>
> Some of your biggest fans are obsessive-compulsive.
>
> Sounds like a new query optimizer doesn't it?
>
> Incidentally the fine folks at Mathematica use an OO extension
> to C called Objective-C. I was wondering if you had any thoughts
> on its potential use v Java [platform independence would be nada
> I suppose]
> in the engine.
>
> Then again, I like LISP and Prolog.
>
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