I was a little surprised at the article's comment that some programmers thought Objective C doesn't have the speed and flexibility of Java. Is this true? Base

I was a little surprised at the article's comment that some programmers thought Objective C doesn't have the speed and flexibility of Java. Is this true? Based on my limited understanding of Objective C, it compiles to native code plus message passing, while Java compiles to bytecode -- which should give both languages similar performance. The Language Shootout bears this out, on PCs, at least: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/debian/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=objc&lang2=java http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/debian/benchmark.php?test=...