why Obj-C
why Obj-C
- Subject: why Obj-C
- From: Matthew Johnson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:52:51 +1000
Hi,
This is not a troll or anything so please don't flame me.
Why did apple choose Obj-C over something people know and understand like C++? or even C.
Why are we forced to learn yet another syntax that is very alien to C++/Java. I absolutly love the interface builder its
just excellent. But then you have to write the meat of the program and its been not a very pleasent experience for a
newbie to mac but I experienced C/C++ dude.
Writing for the Mac for the first time (I am a solaris programmer (C/C++)) I thought I would try cocoa to write a one
off application for my company. Personally I have found this was a very large mistake. If I every have to write another
one off Mac application I think it will be in Carbon.
Can someone tell me what is it about Obj-C that makes the syntax for class's and methods have to look like it does? why
"[" instead of "(".
I will never understand the IT worlds obsession with reinventing the wheel.
I wish people would understand that the power of Java is not Java syntax but its the collection of Standard classes Sun
could of done the same thing with C/C++ or Perl or Pascal etc. Same with Obj-C.
I think I might go have a lay down.
Matt
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