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The apple software is not written in obj-c 'cause it gained traction by developers preference, it is written in obj-c 'cause Steve Jobs, after returning to appl
by yulaow 13y ago
The apple software is not written in obj-c 'cause it gained traction by developers preference, it is written in obj-c 'cause Steve Jobs, after returning to apple post NeXT experience and buyback, imposed that as the only apple officially supported language.
- mikeash 13y agoActually, C++ and Java had full support from Apple for GUI programming for a decade after the return of Steve.
- rsynnott 13y agoC++ and Java were first-class languages in MacOS until quite recently; while the intent was always there to deprecate the C++ API (Carbon), the Java Cocoa bridge was dropped more due to lack of interest a couple of versions ago.