
92 9 Chapter 5: The Languages of Mac OS X: Objective-C
Objective-C++
Objective-C++ is the set of Apple's extensions to the compiler
in Mac OS X developer tools that lets you mix and match Ob-
jective-C and C++. No longer do you have to make a total
commitment to one language or the other.
The most powerful use of Objective-C++ is in its ability to let
you merge legacy code (often in C++) with new, Objective-C
code. In such a case, you will find that your code generally
stays on one side of the Objective-C/C++ fence or the other.
An example of the use of Objective-C and C++ together is
found at the end of Chapter 6, which