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From: tomnews%apgraph@ap542.UUCP (Thomas Oeser (SNI AP 153))
Newsgroups: comp.lang.objective-c
Subject: Re: Objective C vs C++
Keywords: why
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Date: 22 Feb 91 09:22:04 GMT
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In article <60377@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, summers@acsu.buffalo.edu (Michael Summers) writes:
|> Why would I want to use Objective C ? Can any one give me a
|> short description of the pros and cons of the two
|> languages?
|> 
|> There is a lot of support for C++ in terms of PD software
|> and vendors but hardly any for Objective C.

Things seem to change as I read an announcement of IBM in the Feb 91 version of the UNIX magazine:
"Objective-C instead of C++". They are supporting Objective-C on their IBM RISC System/6000
Technology.

In addition, we should also consider all the owners of NeXT machines. Although they have the choice
between C++ and Objective-C, the greater support for a user interface (NextStep) is provided only
for Objective-C.

|> What is so superior about Objective C that would
|> induce me to abandon this support?

You can handle real Objects (in the sense of Smalltalk). E.g. you can write a container (e.g. a
array) that can contain **any** object **and** that provides functionality like "send a message
to each object contained on behalf of a user.

Thomas Oeser


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