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This is in my opinion the best thing about Objective-C; it clearly delineates the object/class and C dichotomy, making it easier for a C programmer (or a Smallt
by jfb 12y ago
This is in my opinion the best thing about Objective-C; it clearly delineates the object/class and C dichotomy, making it easier for a C programmer (or a Smalltalk programmer!) to pick up. For years, the only changes from vanilla C were the brackets, "#import" and the @ literal syntax (IIRC).
- jfb 12y agoActually, if you ask me today, after dealing with Scala's idea of how the Option type should work, I might say that nil propagation is the best thing about Objective-C.
- jonhendry 12y agoThat's how I always felt. I liked the clear differentiation between C function calls and method calls on objects.