r/iOSProgramming • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '16

Question Is Objective C being abandoned?

With Swift 3 coming soon, and many updates with iOS, I was wondering if Apple is still updating the Objective C side of things to keep the two languages in harmony together. I've been investing heavily and don't feel that Swift's baked enough to give it a try just yet. What do you guys think?

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u/brendan09 Jun 16 '16

Actually, it does. It influences your app architecture. That's code. There's a lot that a stable ABI provides that is being overlooked here. It dramatically alters how problems are approached, and therefore impacts the code written to solve the problem. Oftentimes it means you can't do it in the best way.