Joining the Metal team is well beyond my abilities. I didn't explicitly say it, but I'm an application developer, not a graphics guru. So for me, Metal might te

Joining the Metal team is well beyond my abilities. I didn't explicitly say it, but I'm an application developer, not a graphics guru. So for me, Metal might technically be composed of some Objective-C, but from my perspective it might as well not be, because it's a project I'll never be equipped to contribute toward. But your point is taken; Objective-C isn't dead, and my choice of words didn't contain proper nuance.