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Sometimes I wonder how much more productive Apple could be if they used a language other than Objective-C. Would they be more or less productive and able to get software/services done more quickly with another language?


> Sometimes I wonder how much more productive Apple could be if they used a language other than Objective-C.

I'm not sure where you get the notion that Apple doesn't use languages other than Objective-C; good engineers use the right tool for the job, including assembly, C, C++, python, ruby, javascript, prolog, lisp, perl, ... and sometimes even Objective-C.


I don't think Apple would be where it's now if it wasn't for Objective-C, IMHO. I don't know why, it just feels right.




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