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or Objective-C, the Objective portion of which is also derived from SmallTalk

• PittleyDunkin 2y ago
  While I understand that objective-c has clear heritage from smalltalk, this comparison always struck me as farcical. Objective-C yields very few of the benefits of a proper Smalltalk VM outside of message passing, and i suppose some of the syntax. Meanwhile the burden of having to deal with C is absolutely staggering in comparison to the benefits.
  • jonhohle 2y ago
    The obvious benefit of C is speed and resource utilization. This was especially true on the late 80s.
    • PittleyDunkin 2y ago
      Oh, absolutely—this wasn't meant as a value judgement. I've written my fair share of objective-c for this very reason (well, that and wanting to write native GUIs ages ago). I'm just saying the parallels between it and smalltalk are highly exaggerated.