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I would bet all five languages are still in common use in ten years. The language most likely to fade away though might be Objective C since Apple really is pus
by mark_l_watson 7y ago
I would bet all five languages are still in common use in ten years. The language most likely to fade away though might be Objective C since Apple really is pushing Swift and new frameworks built with Swift.
- lenkite 7y agoMany cross platform native apps are built in C++. Until Swift does C++ interop well, it is unlikely they will be re-written in Swift. Facebook uses Objective C++ - you can mix Objective C and C++ in the same source and use C++ containers/STL on objective-C objects, etc. This is a massive convenience.
- pjmlp 7y agoYet only Apple old timer devs have the Objective-C++ documentation lying around, since Apple has removed all ways to access it since they purged old docs. However one thing is true actually, C++ has a growing role in Apple platforms, given IO Kit, DriverKit and Metal Shaders.