Objective-C will slowly move to where it belongs - the dustbin of programming language history. Merging C with a higher-level language could only make sense in

Objective-C will slowly move to where it belongs - the dustbin of programming language history. Merging C with a higher-level language could only make sense in the 80s, where people didn't know better and invited all the dreadful problems of C code into application development. Swift is the proof that one can have a safe, powerful language that can also be fast. It's not yet fully mature, but it will get there, the speed at which it's replacing Obj-C in iOS and macOS development is impressive.