Simple question, I'm justing looking for a yes or no clarification. A citation would be appreciated but not necessary.
Bonus Question - Can Objective-C be used on Windows, or only on MAC?
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No. Objective-C was developed around the same time as C++ (late 1980s), and C# was developed much more recently (early 2000s).
Greg Hewgill
2010-01-01 04:11:27
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No. Essentially: Objective C is from Apple and C# is from Microsoft. That's a gross oversimplification, but it's close enough.
Ry4an
2010-01-01 04:11:57
+1 for the courage to make a gross oversimplification that is, nevertheless as you say, close enough.
GregS
2010-01-01 04:19:22
I actually am told by some friends that I am the 'master of simplification' lol. I just need to learn a new language, get a new computer and then voila, an iPhone app! It should take... um ... a few hours... lol
Moshe
2010-01-01 04:23:25
Thanks, GregS. I thought I was going to be eviscerated for that one. Glad to see it was read in the hasty spirit it was intended.
Ry4an
2010-01-01 04:29:02
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No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C
Bonus: Objective-C can be compiled by GCC, which can run on Windows.
Dan Lorenc
2010-01-01 04:12:42
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Objective C can be thought of as a thin layer on top of 'C'. It was designed in the early '80s and Steve Jobs used it for the NeXT development. Since OSX is built upon that foundation, Mac / iPhone development use Objective C
Wenzi
2010-01-01 04:22:47
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Essentially:
Objective-C is an object-oriented layer on top of C. It's a combination of C and Smalltalk.
C# is a reworking of Java, which is a simplification of C++, which is a different object-oriented layer on top of C.
They're cousins -- both come from C originally -- but they went down different paths.
Chip Uni
2010-01-01 05:12:28
C# may have similarities to Java, but it is by no means a "reworking" of it.
Matt Greer
2010-01-01 05:23:36
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So, the difference between the two is clear.
Can you use Objective C on platform X? Of course, it's in gcc, but the only current platform that has really good Objective C libraries is OS X, although there is GnuSTEP (which is not really mature). So, it really depends on what you want to do with the language.
Andrew McGregor
2010-01-01 08:44:55