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I think you've misunderstood my point. What code reuse is possible with generics that is not not possible in Objective-C without generics? I don't think there i

• adamnemecek 9y ago
  The full answer would be kinda long but this is a rehash of the debate that has been had many times over. You cannot just compare obj-c vs generics, you need to also account for the fact that when you are obj-c development, you might need some fast code and as a result drop to c. And code reuse is hard to impossible in C. The fact that code reuse can be done without a performance hit is enough of a difference difference on it's own as it pushes down the level at which code reuse can be done. E.g. you can use generics for Graphics or Audio or general low level stuff.
  • millstone 9y ago
    Err, why not just drop to C++? Objective-C++ is real and works great. That's how Mac Chrome does things for example.