jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi (01/01/91)
I should get my NeXTstation workstation in a month or so. I only can program in Pascal at this moment. Since the NeXT comes with C/C++/Objective C, I would like to ask one question: Would it be wiser to use/learn C++ or Objective C? Why? Jouni Alkio, Finland
pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) (01/07/91)
On 1 Jan 91 15:31:16 GMT, jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi said: jalkio> I should get my NeXTstation workstation in a month or so. I only can jalkio> program in Pascal at this moment. Since the NeXT comes with jalkio> C/C++/Objective C, I would like to ask one question: jalkio> Would it be wiser to use/learn C++ or Objective C? Why? Well, it would be user to learn Objective C, but to use C++ :-). More diffusely: Objective C has a more consistent, "nice" feeling than C++, which has been described as 500 pound gorilla of a language (and CLOS as the 500 pound jellyfish). So probably you want to learn Objective C rather than C++. Also, Objective C is probablly better suited to applications, while C++ is probably better suited to systems programming. This distinction is especially trueon the NeXT, which is heavily oriented to Objective C. But C++ is more "popular", and that means something in practical terms, such as the wide availability of compilers and tools for a wide spectrum of prices, and, critically, of the GNU C++ compiler. When the GNU CC 2.0 which includes Objective C is released, I can easily predict a resurgence of interest in Objective C. -- Piercarlo Grandi | ARPA: pcg%uk.ac.aber.cs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk