Re: [cdt-dev] Happy 100K CDT!

[Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

New language or new compiler (i.e. LLVM)? I haven't heard of anything
replacing Objective-C and they are heavily invested in it right now.
But I'm prepared to be surprised by anything Apple does (except
embrace Eclipse that is :).

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Greg Watson <g.watson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I saw a rumor recently that Apple is developing a new language to replace Objective-C, so that may be a good target for future Mac/iOS support (assuming it's a C-like language).
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
>
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Doug Schaefer wrote:
>
>> Possibly. But then we don't really advertise anywhere beyond the
>> standard Eclipse Helios releases and still got to 100K in less than a
>> month.
>>
>> And despite all the great work you guys have done to improve things, I
>> don't think it's really ready for pure Mac development, i.e. Cocoa.
>> Until we reach that point, if ever, spreading the word too far may be
>> spreading false hope and make the optics worse. And that's not even to
>> mention the bigger opportunity, iOS development, which until you can
>> do that without firing up the XCode IDE, we're not even in the game.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Michael Jackson
>> <mike.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Just theorizing here but I have not seen any announcement on any of the Mac
>>> Related web sites like www.macintouch.com about the combination of Eclipse
>>> CDT 7 + Much improved debugging support on OS X. There are probably more
>>> than a few people who tried Eclipse and were not happy with the debugging
>>> performance.
>>>  Maybe a few key "press releases" to some of those Mac Sites might get it on
>>> the radar of some more Mac Developers. Just a theory.
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________________________
>>> Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Doug Schaefer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also the Mac number is only slightly higher than in the past. Other
>>>> than fixing a few bugs this release, I think we're still missing the
>>>> big carrot, Objective-C. Unfortunately, there isn't enough investment
>>>> in this area for that to change any time soon, so it is what it is.
>>>
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