Re: xcode-->java-->cocoa - how long? how many?
Re: xcode-->java-->cocoa - how long? how many?
- Subject: Re: xcode-->java-->cocoa - how long? how many?
- From: Jeff Pritchard <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:56:01 -0700
Thanks Charlton and Ali and others for entertaining my question and
rant.
It looks like the writing is on the wall. Use Objective-C or go
home. A half supported java solution is, well, no solution. Looks
like I'll have to start over. Only a couple of weeks of spare time
lost and I learned about other aspects of modern Mac programming that
were not wasted. Anybody want to buy a Java book?
best,
jp
On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Jeff Pritchard wrote:
And while we are on the subject, if Apple can switch from PowerPC
to Intel so seamlessly, why not switch to a programming language
that is a bit more "standard". I'm pretty sure nobody else in the
world writes objective C, or at least I've never heard of it in
any context other than NextStep code. It really irks me to keep
having to remember new syntaxes all the time. After four or five
different languages they all just kind of melt into one big blob
in your brain and you spend twenty minutes getting five minutes
worth of coding to compile. Thanks for letting me rant.
The power of Objective-C is the reason Apple can move from PowerPC
to Intel so seamlessly. People can do Cocoa programming in Java,
and by and large stay away in large numbers; people can do C++ in
Carbon, and they find that it's a lot more work.
And if you find four or five programming languages confusing, keep
on learning them: after you've played with 20 or so, you'll see
the similarities beneath the syntax, and you'll find the syntax
less of a problem. Languages and syntax are the *beginning* of a
programmer's skills, not the end.
Charlton
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