Bug 15468 – [Interfacing to Objective-C] is compromise
Status
RESOLVED
Resolution
INVALID
Severity
enhancement
Priority
P3
Component
dmd
Product
D
Version
D2
Platform
All
OS
All
Creation time
2015-12-22T14:16:00Z
Last change time
2015-12-22T14:35:33Z
Assigned to
nobody
Creator
lplus
Comments
Comment #0 by lplus — 2015-12-22T14:16:41Z
we don't have to support other language in language level
D is good，but need heavyweight application，not more extern（*）
extern(PHP)?
extern(JS)?
Comment #1 by alphaglosined — 2015-12-22T14:35:33Z
There is quite a big difference between PHP, Javascript and Objective-C.
PHP is implemented in C/C++ so we can already interface to it.
Javascript engines are written in C/C++ commonly so again we can interface with it.
Objective-C can only be wrapped via C. Not preferable.
Objective-C is comparable with C++ not with either of these two.
It is used with system libraries on OSX, PHP and Javascript cannot be used this way.
It is impossible to create a window on OSX without Objective-C in some form.