I'm also not sure I'd agree with the characterization of Objective
C as a dead language. It's certainly a minority language, but it's
available via gcc on multiple platforms (not just Mac OS X), and it
has a small but significant user base on both Mac OS X and other
platforms, and as the market share for Mac OS X grows, the market
share for Objective C grows too. That doesn't sound like a dead
language to me.
Perhaps "minority" is more precise. But gcc is the *only* compiler
that supports Objective-C, and Apple is really the only entity
producing APIs that utilize it. These two things together mean that
we have to rely on Apple for improvements to the tools and language.
Which is not to say that I expect any one else to come up with
alternative tools for Mac OS X development, even if it were C++, but
this doesn't help the situation. There was a time, arguably with a
smaller Mac software market, when non-Apple development tools
excelled (how I miss those tools!).
--
Rick
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