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Hi. I think Objective-C (and Google's Go) are trying to replace C and C++ but can you just study Objective-C and create complex Apple apps and not study any other app (except maybe Swift which is attempting to replace all programming languages it seems including python), would Objective-C be enough?
Thank you in advance.
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Objective-C has been Apple's language of choice for quite a while now. The various frameworks are written in Objective-C, just about all of the documentation and sample code is written in Objective-C, and most applications are developed using Objective-C, so I think you will be safe using Objective-C.
Swift is a new (maybe easier) language that interfaces directly with the existing Objective-C libraries and Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, but many (probably all) Swift users are still going to need to know Objective-C. Ultimately it is all just a matter of preference and what your goals are.
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Both Objective-C and C++ are supersets of C.
All C code is legal Objective-C code and generally also legal C++ code.
Both Objective-C and C++ started out as extensions to C.
C++ added classes and templets while focusing on not losing performance.
Objective-C is basically C with some Smalltalk parts and focusing on runtime flexibility rather than performance.
To program Objective-C you will have to learn parts of C.
Some Objective-C books teach enough C to get started with Objective-C.
Swift is probably mostly intended as a replacement for Objective-C but may also reduce the need to drop down to pure C (or C++) when writing performance sensitive code.
Swift uses the same OS libraries as Objective-C so a understanding of Objective-C is useful to read code sample, Apple docs and to understand odd bugs.
Can You Just Study Objective-C and Create Apple Apps Without Studying C or C++?
