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But now Apple wants to put a stop to it and enshrine a few decrepit languages with flaws most of us escaped a decade ago. Your opinion of the languages does no
by GHFigs 17y ago
But now Apple wants to put a stop to it and enshrine a few decrepit languages with flaws most of us escaped a decade ago.
Your opinion of the languages does not trump the reality that the overwhelming majority of iPhone OS applications were written in them, as was the OS itself, even when it was not a requirement. Trying to make it sound like recent changes to the App Store agreement are the only reason people use Objective-C is a big stretch.
- prodigal_erik 17y agoI know that ObjC has always been heavily used in NEXTSTEP and OS X apps (if not a lot else) even before this. My concern is that mainstream vendors will conclude that we tolerate this sort of abuse, and the problem will spread. I care that the industry permits good languages to exist, not whether the majority are interested in using them.