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Yavin4

(36,386 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:45 PM Jun 2014

Went to a presentation tonight on Swift. Was told that Objective C is dead.

Any thoughts?

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Went to a presentation tonight on Swift. Was told that Objective C is dead. (Original Post) Yavin4 Jun 2014 OP

Java was supposed to eliminate C++. jeff47 Jun 2014 #1

And computers were supposed to eliminate work and give copious leisure time. Yavin4 Jun 2014 #2

Swift looks very much like C# ChromeFoundry Jun 2014 #3

thanks davidwparker Jun 2014 #4

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

1. Java was supposed to eliminate C++.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:51 PM

Jun 2014

C++ was supposed to eliminate C.
C was supposed to eliminate assembly.

Little early to say Swift will really eliminate Objective C.

Yavin4

(36,386 posts)

2. And computers were supposed to eliminate work and give copious leisure time.

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:34 PM

Jun 2014

So, you have a point there.

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

3. Swift looks very much like C#

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:51 PM

Jun 2014

Even has similar functionality to LINQ
https://github.com/mythz/swift-linq-examples

C# was supposed to eliminate the need for C++.
Silverlight was supposed to eliminate the need for Flash.
HTML 5 is supposed to eliminate the need for Silverlight and Flash.
.Net and Mono was supposed to kill Java.
.Net's Garbage Collector was supposed to eliminate application memory leaks.
PowerShell was supposed to eliminate VBScript and Windows Scripting Host.

Nothing is really ever eliminated. New technology borrows the best of older technology.
There is so much Objective-C code out there...it won't go away for a long time.

davidwparker

(5,397 posts)

4. thanks

Reply to ChromeFoundry (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 04:54 AM

Jun 2014

for the link. I used it to get to Apple's Swift info. Just watched one of the videos there. Yes, it is similar to C#.

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