This really isn't true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Objective-C_2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Objective-C_2.0 http://en.wikipedia.o

This really isn't true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Objective-C_2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Objective-C_2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Automatic_Reference_Counting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Automatic_Reference... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Blocks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_c#Blocks Objective-C also suffers from C interop considerations that make it more difficult to extend and evolve the language than something like C# or Java. (None of this is to denigrate the wonderful work MS has done when it comes to language innovation.)