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107 points wmlive | 4 comments | 12 Nov 24 01:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | source

1. aidenn0 ◴[13 Nov 24 22:17 UTC] No.42130754[source]▶

Ah, Objective C. The language that combines the famous memory safety of C with the blazing-fast performance of Smalltalk.

2. coldtea ◴[14 Nov 24 01:33 UTC] No.42132227[source]▶

Or the speed and flexibility of C, with the high level abstraction capability and malleability of Smalltalk!

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3. LeFantome ◴[14 Nov 24 17:19 UTC] No.42138504[source]▶

And the readability of using both at the same time!

4. nxobject ◴[14 Nov 24 17:27 UTC] No.42138622[source]▶

Hey hey, objc_msgsend’s no longer C ABI compatible, [1] so make that the famous memory safety of assembly now…

Steve Jobs, NeXTSTEP, and early object-oriented programming (2016)