Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++?
Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++?
- Subject: Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++?
- From: Ariel Feinerman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:12:26 +0300
Hmmm, I do not think that VisualWorks with VM - 3 - times - faster - than -
java looks like a hystorical artifact ;-)
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jun 17, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Ariel Feinerman <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> Why just do not use some clone of Smalltalk for Mac OS X before inventing
> new language?
>
>
> Maybe because it wouldn’t achieve any of Apple’s stated goals, like high
> performance and type-safety?
>
> I used Smalltalk-80 extensively back in the ‘80s (while working at Xerox
> no less) and it was a cool language for its time, but it’s a historical
> artifact now. (Yes, I’m aware of Squeak. It’s kind of an SCA of programming
> languages.) If Apple had wanted that sort of language they would have kept
> developing the MacRuby they were putting some resources into a few years
> ago. (Yeah, not the same language, but Ruby’s in the same general family
> and has a lot of ST-80 influence.)
>
> Guys, talking about Swift vs. Obj-C/C/C++ has a slight amount of use, but
> if we start dragging everyone’s pet language into the fray (Algol?
> Burroughs B5000 assembly?) then this just becomes another boring language
> flame-war. Don’t do that.
>
> —Jens
>
--
best regards
Ariel
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| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Roland King <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Carl Hoefs <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Ariel Feinerman <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Language options: Objective-C, Swift, C or C++? (From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>) |