His argument seemed to be "look, you could have added this feature to existing Objective C syntax rather than inventing a new language" - which is all true, but rather misses the point.
At least one of the problems with Objective C is its syntax, and he states this himself - "Much of the Objective-C syntax is clunky, bolted on, and downright infuriating at times". Yet nothing I see in his suggestions solves that - unless he's suggesting ditching all existing syntax (which is pretty much what Swift is), then all he's doing is proposing yet another syntax structure to add to the already messy bastardisation of C and Smalltalk that makes Objective C the pain it is today.
His argument seemed to be "look, you could have added this feature to existing Objective C syntax rather than inventing a new language" - which is all true, but rather misses the point.
At least one of the problems with Objective C is its syntax, and he states this himself - "Much of the Objective-C syntax is clunky, bolted on, and downright infuriating at times". Yet nothing I see in his suggestions solves that - unless he's suggesting ditching all existing syntax (which is pretty much what Swift is), then all he's doing is proposing yet another syntax structure to add to the already messy bastardisation of C and Smalltalk that makes Objective C the pain it is today.