Chris Lattner on Swift

Re:Chris Lattner on Swift by jeremyjh on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @11:08PM (#7843822)

C++ can be just fine. It can also be used to write software bad enough to quit over, that dozens of people will maintain for decades. And they talk about it. I don't think Objective C has that problem.

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Re:Chris Lattner on Swift by alttab on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @12:27AM (#7844045)

To be fair, Objective C hasn't run billion dollar companies for decades yet either (in mass).

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Re:Chris Lattner on Swift by threeseed on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @02:07AM (#7844249)

Objective-C up until the last couple years was powering the payments infrastructure for the Apple Online Store.

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Re:Chris Lattner on Swift by alttab on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @02:47PM (#7847364)

Which isn't exposing Objective-C to a wide range of engineers in the industry to the point people and relate and swap horror stories about it.

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Re:Chris Lattner on Swift by jeremyjh on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @01:02AM (#7844126)

Yes, that is my point but I didn't make it very well. If Objective C were routinely subjected to these sorts of projects, I think its over-all reputation would be a lot worse.

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