I sometimes can't help wondering if OO is waning now. FP certainly seems to be on the rise and, I must say, seems to be a much better fit for event-driven GUI interfaces.
Ironically, in their desire to (allegedly) force people to keep up to date with the newest APIs, Apple have denied us the opportunity to keep up with the newest programming paradigms. For how long will "best OO" be equivalent to "best programming", assuming it ever was, or that the cutoff point hasn't already been surpassed. I strongly encourage you to check out the "Elements" application, available on iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch < 4.0 http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-04/exclusive-making-elements-one-ipads-most-magical-apps Written in mathematica, no less, and one of the most beautiful applications I've ever seen. On 27 April 2010 15:01, Christian Edward Gruber < [email protected]> wrote: > Having lived within the Objective-C community for most of my career, I can > safely assert that a whole lot of that community are some of the best O-O > folks I've ever worked with. And the most passionate around O-O and > high-quality software. Just my own observation. They may not need you. And > having seen Android apps and iPhone equivalents... I personally have found > the iPhone equivalents to be notably better in usability. > > Again, none of my statements above are in support of apple's policy -just > that they may get away with it because the above mitigates the costs of what > you're describing. > > Christian. > > > On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Kevin Wright wrote: > > What bothers me is that I can't see Objective C as something worth >> investing my time in or getting excited over, nor can I imagine that it >> would be the language of choice for many developers at the top of their >> game. A great deal of talent is going to be locked out here, and I suspect >> this is the start of the end for innovation on the iThingie. From this >> point forward, the primary motivator for future apps will be ROI and not >> passion. Welcome to corporate mediocrity... >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
