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That ability to seamlessly intermix C, C++, and Objective-C I believe was a big driver for the numerous high quality third party apps that OS X became known for
by cosmic_cheese 2y ago
That ability to seamlessly intermix C, C++, and Objective-C I believe was a big driver for the numerous high quality third party apps that OS X became known for in the 2000s. Obj-C paired with AppKit, IB, and KVO made building a good UI a cinch, and for speed critical or cross platform parts under the hood you had C++ and its massive ecosystem of libraries. It was a powerful combination.