Re: Cocoa from C++ (dont want to mix it)
Re: Cocoa from C++ (dont want to mix it)
- Subject: Re: Cocoa from C++ (dont want to mix it)
- From: "Lemings, Eric B" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:38:45 -0600
- Thread-topic: Cocoa from C++ (dont want to mix it)
This is my personal view on the whole Cocoa vs. C++ debacle. I believe
that Apple actually WANTS to remain in a niche market with its meager
share rather than joining the mainstream. Now don't get me wrong. Mac
OS X is simply THE best operating system on the market today IMHO.
After all, it has a rock solid Unix core. Apple pioneered the user
interface and STILL has the most intuitive UI. They have a killer
development IDE with Xcode and they have a very well designed API in
Cocoa. The fact that it is written in Objective-C is the only thing
holding them back. If it were written in C++, there would be a huge
migration of developers to the Mac platform. Why? The fact is that C++
is simply a mainstream language and Objective-C is not. No one (except
Mac developers of course) are interested in it because nobody else uses
it.
Now a lot of Mac developers will respond, "So use Objective-C++!" Or,
"Use the Cocoa Java API!" Or, "Just swallow all those years of C++
experience and program in Objective-C!" These are all quite reasonable
responses but my point still remains: Objective-C will never be a
mainstream language like C or C++ and the Mac will suffer for it.
Eric.
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