2. An Objective-C Primer
Objective-C is a very small set of additions to C. The first version of Smalltalk was created as a bet that it was possible to specify an entire general-purpose language on a single piece of paper. The Objective-C extensions to C are slightly more complicated than Smalltalk, but not by much.
If you already know C, then learning the Objective-C language will take an afternoon—less if you already understand Smalltalk-style object orientation. That’s slightly misleading, of course. If learning Objective-C was really that simple, you’d feel a bit ripped off buying a book about it. Like Smalltalk, much of the reason that the Objective-C language is so simple is that it delegates a lot to the library.
The standard library ...
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