That's because ObjC comes from the unholy marriage of C and Smalltalk. It kind of ruined both, but coming from a Smalltalk background, I quite liked it, and was

That's because ObjC comes from the unholy marriage of C and Smalltalk. It kind of ruined both, but coming from a Smalltalk background, I quite liked it, and was sad when C++ won the day. We understand what you're talking about; I don't think you need to explain the concept.