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To: FredZarguna

Ah, the ad hominem - always a sure sign of a lost argument. Better luck next time.

Enjoy C++ in all its glory, most of us have chosen more productive software development tools. You should think long and hard about the motivations behind Java, C#, and now Go. Many folk far smarter than yourself see C++ for what it is - a failed experiment that set software engineering back by at least a decade.

As to “less than 1% of programmers programming in Obj-C”, once again you pull “facts” straight out of your nether region. Between the iPhone, and MacOS X the number is quite a bit higher than that. Macs are now up to 10% of PC sales in the US, double the marketshare of just a couple years ago.


110 posted on 11/13/2009 6:24:56 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: PreciousLiberty
That's funny, since your posts have been filled with personal attacks from the beginning.

Now, speaking of nether regions, pull year head out of yours, and then check tiobe, langpop, or any any one of a half dozen other sites. By any measure of usage you want, Objective-C is a blip (if that). Tiobe says Objective-C has seen a huge increase in popularity, because it went from .05% to .8%. Don't worry, it'll go back to five or six coders again soon, once the teeny-boppers have discovered what an over-priced, over-hyped lemon the iPhone is.

I know logic and reasoning really aren't your thing, but here's a clue: the installed base of a platform has nothing to do with the number of people actually interested in coding for in a particular language.

113 posted on 11/13/2009 9:45:12 AM PST by FredZarguna (Real men don't let commie hardware vendors dictate their development tool chains.)
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