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[ADMIN] Advocacy [was: So I'm a n00b..]
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[ADMIN] Advocacy [was: So I'm a n00b..]


  • Subject: [ADMIN] Advocacy [was: So I'm a n00b..]
  • From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:15:06 -0700


On Jun 20, 2007, at 3:01 PM, David Rowland wrote:

Mark Wagner wrote:

On 6/20/07, David L Goldsmith <email@hidden> wrote:

Ladd Van Tol wrote:

> On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:28 PM, David Goldsmith wrote:

>> Or you can use wxWidgets (www.wxwidgets.org) for the GUI, etc., which

>> will enable your app to be cross-platform in principle, though you'd

>> have to use C++ instead of Objective C (I think - there are no

>> Objective C wrappers for wxWidgets, correct?).  Or still better yet,

>> forget the C/C++ family altogether and go straight to Python

>> (www.python.org) w/ wxPython (www.wxpython.org) - the Python learning

>> curve is a lot mellower than that of the C family, and if you're just

>> beginning OOP, you've got some learning overhead anyway, so you might

>> as well get the most bang for your buck.

>

> If you plan on writing real Mac apps, please don't do this. Cocoa is

> the way to go for writing apps that users understand and enjoy using.

Why is that?


Because Apple says so.


Because it's an inheritance from NeXT. Because Avi Tevanian and Steve Jobs say so.


Apple is alone in pushing Objective-C. Do we really need another OO variant of C? I think not. C++ is almost universal. One stands a greater chance of migrating code to another platform with C++. There are ample materials; books, sample code, etc. for C++, much less for ObC.


Please take this perennial debate to an advocacy list on which it would be appropriate, regardless of whether it will be settled there or not.

Chris
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 >So I'm a n00b... (From: Adam Johnson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: David Goldsmith <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: Ladd Van Tol <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: David L Goldsmith <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: "Mark Wagner" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: So I'm a n00b... (From: David Rowland <email@hidden>)

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