Re: If Object-C is "the" language, then why is no one using it?
Re: If Object-C is "the" language, then why is no one using it?
- Subject: Re: If Object-C is "the" language, then why is no one using it?
- From: David Remahl <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:27:19 +0100
No language is "the" language. The concept of such a thing is just
ridiculous. Languages do different things differently well. This has been
discussed in great depth on this list before.
You also ask why noone is using the language if it is so great. Well, the
Mac is so great, and still only has about 5% of the users.
Sure, it would be nice if Apple made Cocoa for Windows, but it isn't
essential to Objective-C. Remember - ObjC is also all that is C, so all C
libraries are available to us. Java's success depends a whole lot more on
the adaption it gets in the developer community, since it can't use compiled
C libraries.
IMHO Objective C is a very very great language. The fact that only Apple is
using it actively should not scare us away. Real programmers learn new
languages all the time. If they know C, learning Objective C reasonably well
is literally a one day effort.
/ Sincerely, David Remahl
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Im not trying to tell you anything about Object-C. because im just
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learning it.
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In my lack of knowledge, please allow me to ask this question! If
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Object-C is "the" language, then why is no one using it? (compared to
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java, c, c++ - object-c is not used in large numbers)
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What that tells me is that Object-C is only alive because of Apple! And
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Apple seams to abandon it in favor for Java.
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I love the Java language, but I hate the speed of the VM, and the lack
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of a strong native GUI support + other stuff.
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Im not a .NET fan (and im not going to use it), but MS is doing things
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with C# that Sun should have done with Java.
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Maybe if Apple made cocoa work on Windows, Object-C would bloom.
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Why not do like GCJ, Do your programming in Java, and skip the VM, and
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compile to native ppc, using the cocoa framework?
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Just some thoughts!
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Niels Peter
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