Objective-C is actually 100% C, with OO extensions. It's just that the OO extensions look (syntactically) less like vanilla C.
I've used both, but neither enough to make a good comparison. The OO "style" that Obj-C uses is based on Smalltalk. Obj-C uses "dynamic message sending" (my term), and I believe this makes it more like an OO scripting language than C++. Frank >________________________________ > From: "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:21 AM >Subject: Re: Strings > >A bit OT for the Subject, but I wonder if anybody has compared Objective-C >versus C++ in terms of ease of use. I know that Apple likes Objective-C >whereas UNIX seems to prefer C++ (or just plain C). z/OS doesn't even have an >Objective-C compiler as far as my limited knowledge goes. I have some doc on >Objective-C and it seems to be less C-like than C++. > >-- >John McKown >Systems Engineer IV >IT > >Administrative Services Group > >HealthMarkets(r) > >9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 >(817) 255-3225 phone * >john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > >Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or >proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. >HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the >insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance >Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The >MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >> On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf >> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:15 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Strings >> >> Linus has his reasons, some of which are actually technical and relate >> to >> the unique requirements of the Linux kernel. >> >> Have you written at least a few hundred klocs in both C and C++? I'm >> sure >> that David has and I agree with his statements 100%, perhaps with one >> caveat - C++ is a much bigger language: the more complicated features >> like >> templates can be complicated to use and we tend to mostly avoid them. >> Our >> C++ code looks mostly like C with judicious use of classes, RAII, >> exceptions, etc. >> >> Kirk Wolf >> Dovetailed Technologies >> http://dovetail.com >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> >> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:40:11 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >> > >> > >In fact, I find it difficult to fathom why anybody >> > >would still write C code when C++ is such a superior language. >> > >> > I seem to recall some fella named Torvalds having his say about this >> a few >> > years ago. >> > People (no, not Dave) keep coming up with a plaintive "why ain't the >> > kernel written in C++ ... ?" >> > >> > Comes back to the old adage of "right tool for the job". >> > >> > Shane ... >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM- >> MAIN >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
