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Objective-C Enters Top Ten In Language Popularity

Posted by timothy on from the narrowly-missed-prom-king dept.

bonch writes "Objective-C has entered the top 10 of the Tiobe Programming Community Index. Last year, it was at #39. The huge jump is attributed to its use in iPhone and iPad development. C, of which Objective-C is a strict superset, has reclaimed the #1 spot from Java, which slides to #2. Tiobe also explains how it determines its rankings."

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  1. Re:Where are the C development jobs? by brantondaveperson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What exactly are 'strong C skills' ? C is about the simplest language out there, and the important skills are more in the direction of debugging, teamwork, and so on.

    Really, knowing C well doesn't really prove anything.

  2. Re:Dinosour language by binary+paladin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Woah. Hold up right there.

    There's a third option: I don't enjoy it, dickhead. I hate the language and since I have no pressing need to learn it or use it (other than a mild interest in Mac programming) I haven't bothered.

    It's not that I don't understand it. It's that I can bring myself to work with a language that frustrates me so much.

    Fucking slashdot pricks.