> Objective-C was forced upon developers by Apple That turns out not to be the case. In fact Apple initially pointed developers at everything but Objective-C.

> Objective-C was forced upon developers by Apple That turns out not to be the case. In fact Apple initially pointed developers at everything but Objective-C. 1. Carbon ("all life forms are based on Carbon") 2. Java. Remember all the sample code in Java? 3. "Modern syntax". All these quickly fell to the wayside, as people overcame their mostly superficial angst ("uuuh, square brackets and keywords, how will I ever survive") and saw that Objective-C delivers the goods.