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Apple is in complete control over its version of Objective-C, the runtime, and the libraries. The fact that parts of this are contributed to open source projec
by embolism 13y ago
Apple is in complete control over its version of Objective-C, the runtime, and the libraries. The fact that parts of this are contributed to open source projects makes it no less proprietary.
- melling 13y agoApple didn't invent Objective-C. It was adopted by NeXT 25 years ago. It wasn't used to create lock-in. Of course Apple is going to improve the language. It was badly in need of some improvements. They are the only company that has an interest. I don't think they keep any changes locked up at Apple in order to prevent other companies from adopting it. In fact, it would be great if someone got it working well on Android.