Re: Using GnuStep on a day to day basis, strange basic bugs

2021-01-23 Thread Svetlana Tkachenko
Yes, Tomaz (was it you?), the IRC channel is live. Staying at it for more than five hours is possibly recommended.

Re: Using GnuStep on a day to day basis, strange basic bugs

2021-01-23 Thread Svetlana Tkachenko
Hi Tomaž Debian 10 user here, gworkspace.app 0.9.4-1+b2 An RTF file opens in 'Grr' for me, with an ``NSInvalidArgumentException: RSSFeed(Instance) does not recognise setSuperElement`` error. Boo. Right-clicked the file > GWorkspace main menu > File > Open with...; this works. Brings up a

Re: Dr. Brad Cox, co-creator of Objective-C

2021-01-23 Thread Ivan Vučica
The world owes Dr. Cox a lot. May he rest in peace. Thank you for sharing. On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 8:38 PM Josh Freeman wrote: > > Dr. Brad Cox, who co-created the Objective-C language with > business partner Tom Love, has passed: >

RE: Dr. Brad Cox, co-creator of Objective-C

2021-01-23 Thread Daniel Boyd
Agree -- When I have a new project, I usually find myself leaning towards ObjC unless there's a really good reason to use something else. It's just a great language that's stood the test of time -Original Message- From: Discuss-gnustep On Behalf Of Fred Kiefer Sent: Saturday, January 23,

Re: Dr. Brad Cox, co-creator of Objective-C

2021-01-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 23.01.2021 um 21:38 schrieb Josh Freeman : > > Dr. Brad Cox, who co-created the Objective-C language with business partner > Tom Love, has passed: > https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225 How sad. I still favour Objective-C (1.0) over all newer

Re: Dr. Brad Cox, co-creator of Objective-C

2021-01-23 Thread Fred Kiefer
Thank you Josh for sharing this. I remember fondly reading Brad Cox's book while i was still at University. The concept of Soft-ICs, reusable software components, won me over for Objective-C. So even a long time before starting to contributing to GNUstep I learned and liked the language. Thank

Dr. Brad Cox, co-creator of Objective-C

2021-01-23 Thread Josh Freeman
Dr. Brad Cox, who co-created the Objective-C language with business partner Tom Love, has passed: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225 If you'd like to read about Objective-C's early history, Dr. Cox co-wrote an article last year, titled, "The

Using GnuStep on a day to day basis, strange basic bugs

2021-01-23 Thread Tomaž Slivnik
Hi, I've tried using GnuStep several times as a day-to-day work environment, but I always give up after I soon run into basic bugs which make the experience unworkable. I've decided to give it another go and try to get to the bottom of these bugs. Right now, I opened GWorkspace and opened a RTF