GNUSTEP

Domain	Definition
Computing	GNUStep A GNU implementation of OpenStep. Work has started on an implementation using an existing library written in Objective-C. Much work remains to be done to bring this library close to the OpenStep specifications. Adam Fedor is head of the project. Home (http://www.gnustep.org/). [Current status? Newsgroup?] (1999-11-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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GNUstep is a free software implementation of NeXT's OpenStep Objective-C libraries (called frameworks), widget toolkit and application development tools for Unix-like operating systems. It is part of the GNU project.

GNUstep features a cross-platform, object-oriented development environment based on and completely compatible with the OpenStep specification developed by NeXT (which has since been bought by Apple Computer). Like Apple, GNUstep also has a Java interface to OpenStep, as well as Ruby and Scheme bindings. The GNUstep developers plan to track future changes to Apple's Cocoa to remain compatible.

History

GNUstep began when Paul Kunz and others at SLAC wanted to port HippoDraw from NeXTSTEP to another platform. Instead of rewriting HippoDraw from scratch and reusing only the application design, they decided to rewrite the NeXTSTEP object layer which the application depended on. This was the first version of libobjcX. It enabled them to port HippoDraw to Unix systems running the X Window System without changing a single line of their application source. After the OpenStep specification was released to the public in 1994, they decided to write a new objcX which would adhere to the new APIs. The software would became known as "GNUstep".

External links

Crosswords: GNUSTEP

Specialty definitions using "GNUSTEP": NEXTSTEP. (references)

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