Re:C++: Is It Really a Cruel Joke? (2003)
by ben509 on Thursday July 05, 2018 @03:37PM
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That's why the sheer insanity of Objective C++ intrigues me.
I always speculated that Jobs went up to the engineers, "hey, we use a lot of Objective C in OS X, right?"
"Yes, sir, Mr. Jobs."
"Well, everyone else, namely Adobe, is using C++ and we need them writing apps for the Mac. We've gotta have those apps. So we're going to need to support that."
"Um, yes sir, Mr. Jobs, we'll get right on that."
He leaves, and they look around nervously. "He's pulling our leg, right?"
I always speculated that Jobs went up to the engineers, "hey, we use a lot of Objective C in OS X, right?"
"Yes, sir, Mr. Jobs."
"Well, everyone else, namely Adobe, is using C++ and we need them writing apps for the Mac. We've gotta have those apps. So we're going to need to support that."
"Um, yes sir, Mr. Jobs, we'll get right on that."
He leaves, and they look around nervously. "He's pulling our leg, right?"