© Stefan Kaczmarek, Brad Lees, Gary Bennett, Mitch Fisher 2018
Stefan Kaczmarek, Brad Lees, Gary Bennett and Mitch FisherObjective-C for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3429-7_8

8. Programming Basics in Objective-C

Stefan Kaczmarek1 , Brad Lees1, Gary Bennett2 and Mitch Fisher3
(1)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
(2)
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
(3)
Glendale, Arizona, USA
 

Objective-C is an elegant language. It mixes the efficiency of the C language with the object-oriented goodness of Smalltalk. This combination was introduced in the mid-1980s and is still powering the fantastic applications behind the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. How does a language that is more than 20 years old stay relevant and useful after all that time? Well, some of its success ...

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