Apple won't abandon objective-C any time soon - the ongoing evolution of the language (properties, blocks) and platform (garbage collection) imply that they're

Apple won't abandon objective-C any time soon - the ongoing evolution of the language (properties, blocks) and platform (garbage collection) imply that they're in it for the long haul. The switch to LLVM also suggests... something. A switch to a new (virtualized?) platform with the same API / language is more likely.