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NeXT had another point of view on that matter though, the original DriverKit was Objective-C.

Objective-C++ main point of existence, just like POSIX, was only to bring other software into the platform.

It is quite telling that only old timers have access to Objective-C++ docs.



Are you and GP talking about the same thing?

The obj-c drivers from next/OpenStep were replaced with a restricted subset of C++ (not objective-C++) IOKit system. I'm not sure what system GP is referring to based off Obj-C++ but I assume it's not the drivers?


Not really, I am talking about NeXTSTEP and DriverKit.

Ironically I think IO Kit userspace replacement, DriverKit, got its name as homage to the Objective-C one in NeXTSTEP.


E.g. AVFoundation.




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