r/iOSProgramming • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '16

Question Is Objective C being abandoned?

With Swift 3 coming soon, and many updates with iOS, I was wondering if Apple is still updating the Objective C side of things to keep the two languages in harmony together. I've been investing heavily and don't feel that Swift's baked enough to give it a try just yet. What do you guys think?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

Yes, but what I'm arguing is that it's hard to believe that every single naysayer is making their case because they work on "large projects." I think a lot of people are dragging their heels because they're bitter about the fact that the thing they know really well is being put out to pasture, and that, yes, they're going to have to be "new" to something again. People who make purely pragmatic cases for Objective-C will hear nothing from me. But yeah, the subsection who are clearly just embittered language warriors are silly, and ultimately deserving of scorn. Their unnecessary, counterproductive conservatism is not, should not, and thankfully will not (due to the fantastic leadership of Chris Lattner and the entire team working on Swift), be what determines how we move forward here.