Re: Garbage collection - was Beginner with Cocoa
Re: Garbage collection - was Beginner with Cocoa
- Subject: Re: Garbage collection - was Beginner with Cocoa
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:12:28 -0400
- Thread-topic: Garbage collection - was Beginner with Cocoa
on 2008-03-24 11:30 AM, colo at email@hidden wrote:
> In Ruby GC just works dandy without thought. Why is it so different in
> Cocoa Obj2.0?
My main issue is how to know exactly when to declare instance variables weak
or strong. There seem to be some subtleties in that area that I don't yet
understand. On the other hand, it appears that these issues will rarely be
encountered, and that the simple rules of thumb in the documentation will
almost always be enough.
> What kinda of real headaches will I have jumping into osx programing
> compared to ruby ?
I've never used Ruby, so I can't answer your question. The question I would
ask is the other way around: what kind of headaches would I have jumping
into Ruby?
After programming for years in Pascal, plus Basic before that, I found
learning C pretty easy. Then when I got into Objective-C and the Cocoa
frameworks, it took me an hour or two to understand the Objective-C
additions to standard C and maybe a day to be able to use them comfortably.
The Cocoa frameworks take a lot more study, of course, but that has nothing
to do with the language -- it's just like learning any new framework.
--
Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
www.quecheesoftware.com
PreFab Software - www.prefabsoftware.com
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