D versus Objective C Comparison

[Anders F Björklund]

Chris R Miller wrote:
> Michel Fortin wrote:

>> Well there's one error:
>>
>> "If you ignore Cocoa, then there is the GNUStep [gnustep.org] project, 
>> which is an Open-Source implementation of the old Carbon standard from 
>> NeXT Step."
>>
>> No. Carbon was created to ease port of classic Mac OS applications to 
>> Mac OS X. It's a revamped version of the Mac OS Toolbox, which got 
>> some additions as Mac OS X evolved. It has nothing to do with NeXT.
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_(API)>
> 
> Yikes, I'm just full of hot air today, aren't I?
> 
> Fixed.  :-)

If it matters, the name of the old standard was "OpenStep"
and it was released by NeXT with Sun Microsystems in 1994.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openstep

--anders