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Objective-C? D?

• xtrapolate 8y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but Objective-C's ecosystem is very much Apple-centric. Things in that regard have only started changing fairly recently.
  • Volt 8y ago
    It's always been cross-platform; GCC has supported it for decades. Apple's Cocoa libraries are Apple-centric, but there have long been alternatives like GNUStep.
  • tzahola 8y ago
    Apple-centric? The libraries in iOS and macOS, for sure. However, the language itself can be used anywhere where GCC is available.
  • gumby 8y ago
    FWIW Objective-C predated Apple (or NeXT which adopted it and brought it to Apple) and was pared by Smalltalk.
• Yoric 8y ago
  Also (sadly) Objective-C++.
  • gumby 8y ago
    A few years ago I ran into Steve Naroff in a diner and that’s one of the first things he said to me: ‘I’m still amazed we got Objective-C++ to work’ (for both political and technical reasons). Was it ever widely uses? I was glad we did it and am glad to see that someone appreciated it!