- Ori ented ▁Program ming , ▁An ▁E volution ary ▁Appro ach . ▁Although ▁he ▁was ▁careful ▁to ▁point ▁out ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁more ▁to ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁re us ability ▁than ▁just ▁what ▁Object ive - C ▁provides , ▁the ▁language ▁often ▁found ▁itself ▁compared ▁feature ▁for ▁feature ▁with ▁other ▁languages . ▁ ▁Popular ization ▁through ▁Ne XT ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Ne XT ▁lic ensed ▁Object ive - C ▁from ▁Step St one ▁( the ▁new ▁name ▁of ▁P PI , ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁Object ive - C ▁tra dem ark ) ▁and ▁extended ▁the ▁G CC ▁compiler ▁to ▁support ▁Object ive - C . ▁Ne XT ▁developed ▁the ▁App Kit ▁and ▁Foundation ▁Kit ▁libraries ▁on ▁which ▁the ▁Ne XT ST EP ▁user ▁interface ▁and ▁Interface ▁Bu ilder ▁were ▁based . ▁While ▁the ▁Ne XT ▁work st ations ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁great ▁impact ▁in ▁the ▁market place , ▁the ▁tools ▁were ▁widely ▁la ud ed ▁in ▁the ▁industry . ▁This ▁led ▁Ne XT ▁to ▁drop ▁hardware ▁production ▁and ▁focus ▁on ▁software ▁tools , ▁s elling ▁Ne XT ST EP ▁( and ▁Open Step ) ▁as ▁a ▁platform ▁for ▁custom ▁programming . ▁ ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁circum vent ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁G PL , ▁Ne XT ▁had ▁originally ▁intended ▁to ▁ship ▁the ▁Object ive - C ▁front end ▁separately , ▁allowing ▁the ▁user ▁to ▁link ▁it ▁with ▁G CC ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁compiler ▁executable . ▁After ▁being ▁initially ▁accepted ▁by ▁Richard ▁M . ▁St all man