
96 9 Chapter 6: The Languages of Mac OS X: C++
This may worry you: What about all that existing code? What about
your expertise ? Have no fear~most of that code is reusable or easily
modified, and your expertise is primarily at a higher level than lan-
guage syntax. Your favorite
C++
language tools are available with
Mac OS X's dynamic languages. They may go by different names,
and fierce partisans of one language or another may fight to the bit-
ter end saying that the language structures aren't parallel, but from
the practical point of view of the professional programmer, the dif-
ferences are not great. What true differences there are ...