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Re: why Obj-C
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Re: why Obj-C


  • Subject: Re: why Obj-C
  • From: Nicholas Riley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:29:01 -0500
  • Mail-followup-to: email@hidden

On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 11:12:24AM +1000, Matthew Johnson wrote:

> 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. Using a function
> style (C style) would make Obj-C more likely to be given a chance by
> busy programmers.

Hm, I actually find the self-documenting style of ObjC selectors
extremely helpful, since in order for the x(a, b, c) style to be
useful you need an editor that supports popup completion or something
similar.

The only way [] use for messaging in ObjC has annoyed me is when I go
back to Smalltalk and end up creating blocks all over the place
(Smalltalk doesn't use [] for messaging).

--
=Nicholas Riley <email@hidden> | <http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/njriley>
Pablo Research Group, Department of Computer Science and
Medical Scholars Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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