Re: Learning Objective-C (Re: Jeff Lamarche: Public Enemy #1)
Re: Learning Objective-C (Re: Jeff Lamarche: Public Enemy #1)
- Subject: Re: Learning Objective-C (Re: Jeff Lamarche: Public Enemy #1)
- From: Michael Grant <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:07:13 -0500
The "sophisticated concepts" introduced by Objective-C are actually
taken from Smalltalk. Smalltalk was created at the LRG of Xerox
PARC. LRG stands for Learning Research Group, and it turns out that
Smalltalk was specificially designed, and continually redesigned to
make it even easier to learn, because that was the primary purpose
of the whole exercise. In the end, Smalltalk was reduced to objects
and messages (+some
other details such as classes,methods,assignements,returns), and
that was all they needed.
I'd appreciate any comments on the return-on-investment of learning
Smalltalk before Objective-C. Will Smalltalk make ObjC easier by
enough to make up for the initial investment of time in learning it?
At this point I have a basic grounding but very little experience in
C and no OO background to speak of.
Thanks,
Michael
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