After starting to read a bunch of objective C, I have to say there are some constructs that are very nice compared to an OO language like java -- for example, s

After starting to read a bunch of objective C, I have to say there are some constructs that are very nice compared to an OO language like java -- for example, selectors and the target action design pattern. There's definitely some nice dynamic properties, but at the same time, some of the basic "methods/messages" for the Foundation APIs aren't very convenient to write and are strangely named. For example, compare NSString to strings in Java, Python, Ruby, etc.