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		rodh257 on May 1, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Objective-C's niche: why it survives in a world of... I'm interested to hear why solutions such as this: http://monotouch.net/ aren't an option? Price barrier, or are they not up to scratch?

Dn_Ab on May 1, 2011 [–]

For me it is the price barrier. Being able to use a language like F# on the iphone would be awesome.

ams6110 on May 1, 2011 | [–]

There's already a price barrier in the form of the Mac OS computer you need to develop iOS apps. An extra $400 for dev tools you think would be "awesome" is a show-stopper?

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