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Steve Jobs thinks Objective C is Perfect?
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?"
Not to mention the fact that Steve Jobs doesn't know a single thing about programming. He started Apple as the acid-head front man, not because he had any technical skills.
A geek Steve Jobs is not. Had he not known Wozniak, more than likely he would be manager at Sears or Circuit City or something...
Well, here's the problem. Development for Mac OS X, and in fact the entire Apple experience, is intuitive for a certain kind of person. Artists, fashion mavens, leftists, and other creative personalities can sit down with a Cocoa-native Xcode project replete with Objective-C implementation and interface files and comprehend its sensitive, tasteful aesthetic. It's a rare instinct, this appreciation for beauty and truth; accountants and other such pencil-pushers haven't a prayer.
In summary, unattractive squares should stick to Linux and Windows. Objective-C is for different thinkers.
And you know this how, exactly?
I'm his secret gay lover.
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