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I'm not sure from what standpoint, exactly, Objective C isn't a "real" language.

• jrockway 16y ago
  Manual memory management, no MOP, etc.
  • ptomato 16y ago
    Boy, game developers hate real languages.
    • jrockway 16y ago
      Especially the ones with 30 years of accumulated C libraries.
      • pygy_ 16y ago
        Objective C is a strict superset of C, and garbage collection is optional (I'm not even sure that GC is enabled on iOS).
        • deleted 16y ago
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        • cpr 16y ago
          It's not enabled. It'll take another 1-2 generations of ARM CPUs and another 1-2 generations of RAM cramming to get to the point where GC is feasible.
        • hboon 16y ago
          GC is not available on iOS.
  • docgnome 16y ago
    iirc, ObjC now has garbage collection. Unless, I'm going crazy.
    • metachor 16y ago
      Objective-C 2.0 does have garbage collection. It can be enabled for an application in the IDE. However iOS apps do not support use of garbage collection.
      • docgnome 16y ago
        Ah. Thanks for the clarification.