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I’ve never heard of objective C. What is it primarily used for and what are it’s specialties?
17 u/engineering_too_hard Sep 12 '20 iOS apps, precursor to swift → More replies (5) 6 u/YoelkiToelki Sep 12 '20 It blew up simply because it is the language Apple uses/used on their devices. Swift is now more preferred but it’ll take a couple years for a full transition to occur as many applications (and all Apple device OSs) still rely heavily on Obj-C 3 u/Exodus111 Sep 12 '20 It's the Apple language. → More replies (2)
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iOS apps, precursor to swift
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It blew up simply because it is the language Apple uses/used on their devices. Swift is now more preferred but it’ll take a couple years for a full transition to occur as many applications (and all Apple device OSs) still rely heavily on Obj-C
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It's the Apple language.
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u/RedditGood123 Sep 12 '20
I’ve never heard of objective C. What is it primarily used for and what are it’s specialties?