@chapter GNU Objective C Class Library

@c set the vars OBJECTS_VERSION and OBJECTS_GCC_VERSION
@include version.texi

The GNU Objective C Class Library, version @value{OBJECTS_VERSION}, is now
available.

@section What is the GNU Objective C Class Library?

It is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C objects
designed in the Smalltalk tradition.  It includes collection objects for
maintaining groups of objects and C types, streams for I/O to various
destinations, coders for formating objects and C types to streams, ports
for network packet transmission, distributed objects (remote object
messaging), pseudo-random number generators, string handling, and time
handling facilities.

@ignore
So that developers of non-free, commercial programs can use the library,
the library is released under the GNU Library GPL.

So that it can easily be included in non-free, comercial software, the
library is released under the GNU Library GPL.

For more details, see the @samp{README} file that comes with the
distribution.
@end ignore

@c @section What's new in this release?
@include news.texi

@section Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?

@ifset OBJECTS_FTP_MACHINE
The libobjects-@value{OBJECTS_VERSION}.tar.gz distribution file has been
placed on @samp{@value{OBJECTS_FTP_MACHINE}} in
@samp{@value{OBJECTS_FTP_DIRECTORY}}.
@end ifset
@ifclear OBJECTS_FTP_MACHINE
The libobjects-@value{OBJECTS_VERSION}.tar.gz distribution file has not
been made available by anonymous ftp.
@end ifclear

@include machines.texi

The @samp{.tar} file is compressed with GNU gzip.  Gzip can be obtained by
anonymous ftp at any of the GNU archive sites.

For info about FTP via email, send email to
@samp{ftpmail@@decwrl.dec.com} with no subject line, and two-line body
with line one @samp{help} and line two @samp{quit}.

The most recent (not necessarily tested) snapshots of the library will
be placed in @samp{ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu}.

@display
Happy Hacking!
       R. Andrew McCallum
       mccallum@@gnu.ai.mit.edu
@end display

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