Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
- Subject: Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:16:30 +0200
Lloyd,
>
>>>>> Lloyd Sargent (LS) wrote at Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:57:54 -0500:
LS> >Well, I guess with ObjC the importance of pointers somewhat diminished.
LS> >One
LS> >still needs to understand them, but not *THAT* thoroughly. Actually, I
LS> >can't
LS> >even remember when I used -> last time ;)
LS> Well, again I have to disagree. Since ObjC is built on top of (not
LS> replacing) C, a good foundation in C is required. Part of that
Agreed.
LS> requirement is an understanding of pointers.
...
LS> So you can't TOTALLY ignore pointers
Agreed. Would you perhaps try to read what I've written?
LS> Heck you look at what a pipe is (WHICH is what you pass the Auth
LS> framework)
You mean a NSPipe instance, or are you *OUTSIDE* of ObjC/Cocoa?
LS> However, I still maintain that pointers are your friends. Their
LS> importance is a matter of opinion.
Absolutely agreed. Though, with Cocoa and ObjC, there is no particular
reason to _emphasize them above any other part of the language_ (which there
probably was in the plain C).
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