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Gotta take issue with the characterization of “bolted on”. That’s a design feature and it’s huge. It made interoperability trivial. You can write C, C++, and Ob
by mbishop 2mo ago
Gotta take issue with the characterization of “bolted on”. That’s a design feature and it’s huge. It made interoperability trivial. You can write C, C++, and Objective-C within the same source file.
- pjmlp 2mo agoIncluding the CVEs from C style coding, a desgin feature it shares with C++.
- sirwhinesalot 2mo agoBolted on wasn't a value judgement, it was literally bolted on top, it is a strict superset (unlike C++, which is also bolted on, but poorly, since it partially breaks compatibility). The syntax growing over time is a real issue though. Every time I have to write __bridge_retain I get hives.