It all depends on what you are building. Objective C is absolutely fantastic for rapidly developing GUIs because of its dynamic runtime and flexible typing. On

It all depends on what you are building. Objective C is absolutely fantastic for rapidly developing GUIs because of its dynamic runtime and flexible typing. On the other hand, C++ makes it a lot easier to write efficient, (relatively) safe data structures. I find it extremely frustrating when I have to use either language in an area that it wasn't designed for.