gnustep/libobjc2

Objective-C runtime library intended for use with Clang.

6 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 6 comments · first 2016-05-23 · latest 2026-02-01

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…Objective-C on non-Apple platforms [1] and with Cocoa APIs courtesy of the GNUstep project [2]. [1] https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2 [2] https://www.gnustep.org/
comment by hgs3 · 2026-02-01 · in Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)
…like C, then Objective-C is definitely worth a look. You don't need a Mac to try it either [1]. [1] https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2
comment by hgs3 · 2025-04-18 · in The Subjective Charms of Objective-C
…Obj-C was a reasonable OO extension to C. It's a shame the language never received more love. [1] https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2
comment by hgs3 · 2023-08-05 · in GNUStep now has badges
…to GitHub and seems to favor the the MIT license nowadays where possible (e.g., libobjc2)[1][2]. 1. https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2 2. http://etoileos.com/dev/licensing/
comment by cxr · 2020-06-13 · in Design Principles Behind Smalltalk (1981)
…which is a substantial improvement over the old GNU implementation. And it's MIT licensed! https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2
comment by favorited · 2017-08-10 · in GNUstep LiveCD 2017
…That's not entirely true; libobjc2[0] exists, for example, and is fully compatible with objc4. [0]: https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2
comment by DHowett · 2016-05-23 · in Dynamic Swift