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As someone recently noted in the discussion of Swift, Objective-C is basically older than the CD-ROM. I'd say the language has had several decades of life, not
by zachlipton 12y ago
As someone recently noted in the discussion of Swift, Objective-C is basically older than the CD-ROM. I'd say the language has had several decades of life, not 15 minutes of fame.
(Actually, it appears Objective-C is certainly older than the CD-ROM and is from about the same era as the audio CD.)
- pjbrunet 12y agoAnd the CDROM wasn't a blip in history between the Compact Cassette and now? BTW the CD-ROM is still way more popular than Objective-C. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=cd%20rom%2C%20objective-c&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=cd%20rom%2C%20objecti... But nice try anyway.
- pjbrunet 12y agoLooks like Objective C finally surpassed Fortran and Cobol somewhere in 2011. Good luck to you in the future ;-) http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22objective%20C%22%2C%20fortran%2C%20cobol&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22objective%20C%22%2...