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Steve Jobs thinks Objective C is Perfect?

Posted by Hemos on from the good-or-bad dept.

josht writes "Nitesh Dhanjani has posted an e-mail thread between Steve Jobs and himself. Dhanjani argues "I'd like to see Apple developers gain more choice. With every iteration of OSX, there seems to be so much effort put into innovation of desktop components, but the development environment is age old." I agree with Dhanjani. What has Apple done recently to wow the developers, and make it fun to code Cocoa components? I've looked into the Objective C and Xcode environment but compared to Microsoft's .NET solutions, it doesn't impress me at all. I think Apple can do a lot better. Steve Jobs disagrees. What do the readers think about Objective C and Xcode?"

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  1. Making it "fun" by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I agree with Dhanjani. What has Apple done recently to wow the developers, and make it fun to code Cocoa components?"

    What, a fun and whimsical name like "Cocoa" isn't enough for you? Perhaps you'd prefer to code in puppies and rainbows?

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    1. Re:Making it "fun" by tomcres · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, if you pronounce the word "Cocoa" a certain way, with the accent on the second 'o,' it sounds like a Portuguese word meaning, well, to be polite, "excrement." You should have seen the look on my wife's aunt's face (they are from Angola) when we were walking through the cereal aisle of the supermarket and she saw "Cocoa Puffs." :-)

    2. Re:Making it "fun" by RobNich · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I'm caca for Cocoa P--"
      "Damn it! Take 47!"

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  2. between himself and Steve Jobs by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    posted an e-mail thread between Steve Jobs and himself.

    I always knew Steve Jobs was just a little bit crazy.

    1. Re:between himself and Steve Jobs by gotem · · Score: 4, Funny

      yes, I totally agree with you on that one!

  3. Re:namespaces by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...or Pixar.

  4. Re:Compared to Intellij IDEA, XCode sucks by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 4, Funny

    YOU suckf

  5. Re:namespaces by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm guessing your voice has changed a lot in the last few years.

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  6. Re:The emails are already gone. by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
    Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
    A: Top-posting.
    Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?