
Use Mac OS X Features 9 201
the vast majority of applications, it really does not matter
what language you use. What matters is that the code that is
written is correct and maintainable.
The language choices are related to frameworks and run-time
environments:
9
Objective-C almost always means Cocoa is the frame-
work. Although you can write non-Cocoa Objective-C
code, that is an unusual case.
9 C++ suggests Carbon along with PowerPlant or
MacApp.
9 Java may mean Cocoa with the Java bridge. You also
can use Java to write applications that do not use Co-
coa at all. If you are writing cross-platform Java appli-
cations, ...