Re: How does GNUSTEP measure up?

[Adrian Robert]

On Sep 16, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Arich Chanachai wrote:

> I'd like to know if this should be my choice for applications dev.
> A few questions:

> 1. How does it compare in regards to speed? vs. Java or .DotNET

For non-graphical ops it is usually faster to much faster than these  
depending on how much OO stuff (as opposed to straight C) is in the  
inner loops.  For GUIs and app startup it is significantly faster than  
Java, probably a little slower than .NET.


> 4. What is the depth of its own libraries?

This is where GNUstep really shines.  There are about 70 nongraphical  
classes and 120 graphical ones, compared with 4 times that in Java 1.4,  
yet the functionality provided is comparable.  It's just a much cleaner  
API resulting from long evolution without keeping the cruft.

(For more comparison w/Java see  
http://gnustep.org/resources/documentation/Developer/Base/ 
ProgrammingManual/manual_11.html )


> 5. I heard it has a dev. IDE, is it better or as good as Eclipse or VS?

For GUI design it has a tool rivalling the best for other frameworks;  
for code editing/management tasks it has an IDE with a good build and  
packaging system, but you are best off using your own editor, and there  
is no support for refactoring.  (Apple's tool doesn't do refactoring  
either.)