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I still like Objective-C even if it isn't my go-to language anymore. It's quite elegant compared to it's peers from the 80's, it's a very small language yet you

by dep_b 9y ago

I still like Objective-C even if it isn't my go-to language anymore. It's quite elegant compared to it's peers from the 80's, it's a very small language yet you can achieve everything with it, even if it means dipping into C(++) for the parts that need to be really performant. But on the other hand seeing a different programming language when there's some optimization going on and having another programming language for business logic is a great thing too. How many times don't we see bugs, errors or security issues stemming from the fact that business logic gets implemented in C?

nerdponx 9y ago
What is cross-platform development like? Also, what about Objective-C prevents business logic bugs?
- dep_b 9y ago
  > What is cross-platform development like? Sorry, never tried that. > Also, what about Objective-C prevents business logic bugs? Generically speaking C makes it easy to interact with the computer memory but harder to abstract things while OO languages have it reverse. C has GOTO, Objective-C not. Objective-C has objects that easily can encapsulate different aspects of your logic. Objective-C is very verbose and readable while most C API's aren't. Obviously Swift is even better in that regard as it has better types and checks but it doesn't allow you to seamlessly use C.