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What is the best Objective-C book for people who are already familiar with C, C++ and Java? It doesn't need to bother too much with basics, rather, focus on the language itself. Extra points if it focuses on explaining how Objective-C is different from other major OO languages.

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Sorry did not check that it is objective C..I second the above suggestion

CodeToGlory
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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7571/cocoa-and-objective-c-resources

Spoke as a must have Programming in Objective-C by Stephen Kochan

TStamper
I've heard people said that Stephen's book is written for people who completely new to programming, so I think it must be not "must have" for an experienced programmer.
Tiendq
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Pierre Chatelier has written the Objective C guide for C++ Programmers and is available as a free pdf download.

Grant Limberg
Thanks, it is what I'm looking for although I've worked intensively with C# for years and have not written any C++ code since 2002 :)
Tiendq
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Not strictly an Objective C book but I found the book "Xcode 3 Unleashed" excellent as it explained the tool set for working with Objective C. I brought it to master Xcode but I ended up learning a lot more as well.

Kevin Horgan