Re: why Obj-C
Re: why Obj-C
- Subject: Re: why Obj-C
- From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:28:41 -0700
On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 06:12 PM, Matthew Johnson wrote:
Michael Gersten wrote:
Why are we forced to learn yet another syntax that is very alien to
C++/Java. I absolutely love the interface builder its
Just a quick question: Why do you think the syntax is alien?
The use of ['s mainly turns my stomach. And I bet people who
don't actually have to learn Obj-C are put off by them too.
Funny, I have exactly the same reaction to the double colon, and
the "->" being used for anything other than dereferencing to
reach a structure member through a pointer.
Using a function style (C style) would make Obj-C more likely
to be given a chance by busy programmers.
Back when I first learned Obj-C, I was of the opinion that C++'s
method call syntax was better(which it's not) because it was
more in the style of C (which it is). What changed my mind was
realizing that Obj-C expressions can *nest*, as in:
foo = [[MyClass alloc] initWithSomeOtherObject:[OtherClass
randomObject]];
-jcr
John C. Randolph <email@hidden> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Cocoa Software Engineer,
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
http://developer.apple.com/cocoa/index.html
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