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babasyzygy

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Jan 08, 2009 09:38

In 1992, Objective-C support was added to the Free Software Foundation's GNU development environment. This software is in the public domain, which means that anyone who wants to learn how to program in Objective-C can do so by downloading its tools at no charge.
- P. 1, Programming in Objective-C 2.0, by Stephen G. Kochan
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faeryrayne January 8 2009, 15:59:37 UTC

Oh... well Happy Birthday!

babasyzygy January 8 2009, 16:02:03 UTC

Thank you! But, but, but... I have one more day before I can be so feted!

faeryrayne January 8 2009, 16:33:42 UTC

I know, but I figured I would sneak it in there since you don't post EVERY day... rather be early than late ;-)

in_quinecorners January 8 2009, 18:52:35 UTC

Hmm, excuse my ignorance but I'm not sure at what you are raising your eyebrow. And so now I'm curious.

jbsegal January 8 2009, 19:52:57 UTC

Yeah, this.

babasyzygy January 8 2009, 22:16:31 UTC

My understanding of the phrase "public domain" is that it has a very specific meaning with regard to copyright and that the GNU environment most emphatically does not match it.

babasyzygy January 13 2009, 23:25:59 UTC

I mentioned this on the Amazon review of the book, and the author apologized profusely - seems that it had been issue as an errata to the first edition but never made it into the second edition.

madbodger January 9 2009, 05:05:22 UTC

My Mac came with free Objective-C tools, and IDE, and a UI designer. W00t!

babasyzygy January 9 2009, 09:24:54 UTC

Yarly!

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Re: On a totally unrelated note babasyzygy January 13 2009, 23:24:54 UTC

Thank you! beccane planned and executed an awesome birthday weekend celebration, including dinner with my mom and a few other friends, a gift of crystal head vodka and ending in a concert that we went to with Carol where two of our favorite musical acts in Austin were performing together (and discovered a third new favorite act!). Meanwhile, Carol managed to find some adult-(Todd-)sized roller skate sneakers! Rockin;!

I am truly lucky :)