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by mnem 4401 days ago
Good luck compiling Objective-C on Windows :)
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mdellabitta 4401 days ago
Pretty sure you can compile Objective-C on Windows, since gcc supports it, and OpenStep worked on Windows.

It's Apple's libraries you don't get on Windows.

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matthewmacleod 4401 days ago
Here you go: http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Windows.html
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mnem 4400 days ago
Ye-es, except:

  "Apple has recently added new functionality to their runtime, including built-in exception handling, etc. Hopefully these will be ported to the GNU runtime in the future."
My general point is that programming languages don't have to be cross platform to be useful. Certainly handy from a developer's point of view, but just a convenience.
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