I'm kind of worried that if I suggest it to our comp-sci
department, they'll laugh me out of the room.
There shouldn't be any reason for that. Particularly with Objective-
C 2, the language -- together with associated frameworks -- provides
a useful vehicle for teaching many different aspects of Computer
Science. The Stanford class(*) (<http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193e/
>) was originally positioned as "User Interface Programming with Mac
OS X & Cocoa".
Sorry if that came off as flippant - I agree with you it's a great
vehicle for OO programming, design patterns etc. The worry I voiced
was based on the cluelessness of some windows-centric IT and CS people
when you suggest doing something serious on the Mac. It's completely
misguided, but more prevalent in some markets where Windows is still
much more dominant (and Linux viewed as the only credible
alternative). Maybe I'm asking for trouble by suggesting that Quebec
and some parts of Europe might fall in this category relative to the
US in terms of Apple's acceptance. Of course there are many
exceptions but they may not always be dominant in CS departments.
Anyhow this gets too off-topic and I thank you and other posters for
the feedback.
Rick
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