And Objective-C is C. A strict superset, in fact. If [aView display]; really, really, really isn't to your liking, you can write objc_msgSend( aView,

And Objective-C is C. A strict superset, in fact. If [aView display]; really, really, really isn't to your liking, you can write objc_msgSend( aView, @selector(display)); or even: objc_msgSend( aView, sel_registerName("display")); That's pretty much all there is to it. But I have to admit I like the syntax better: [aView display];