Sorry if this is somewhat off-topic, but I thought this might be a good place to ask (a lot of Pascal experience):
Does anyone know of a Pascal compiler which offers OOP semantics to match Objective C (or SmallTalk)? From what I have seen, the OOP semantics of most Pascal compilers seem quite different, but I am looking into merging Objective C object/method semantics into Pascal as part of a master's project, and was wondering if anyone has seen this done before.
For those who don't know, Objective C and SmallTalk have such capabilities as adding new methods to existing classes at runtime, performing late binding of method invocations (which involve a partially call-by-name syntax, where parameters after the first one are tagged), and some other interesting features.
I have not firmly decided as to whether I will try to merge these features into a local copy of GPC, or write a translator into Objective C code (which would be nice for interfacing with Cocoa under OS X, for example; the GPC route may be more portable, but would add a lot more work to the project).
If someone is aware of such a compiler already, please let me know!
Thank you.
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