Hi Henry,
>> And it's impossible to make Ruby to use ARC.
>
> Why?
For memory management Objective-C uses a paradigm called "reference counting".
The idea is very simple – when You need an object – You increase it reference
count, when You no longer need it – You should decrease it. For example
On 16/10/2011, at 9:07 PM, Igor Evsukov wrote:
> And it's impossible to make Ruby to use ARC.
Why?
Henry
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Igor,
That's terrific… Thanks.
-B
On Oct 16, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Igor Evsukov wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
>
> All Cocoa API's are written in C/Objective-C and even now, when we can write
> apps in Ruby You still need to now them at least to be able to read
> documentation.
>
>> Does Xcode treat Ru
Alex,
Thanks for taking the time to reply. You've confirmed that my plan for world
domination makes sense, and it's always good to have a little extra confidence.
Regards,
Bryan
On Oct 15, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Alex Heaton wrote:
> I'm a ruby developer learning the cocoa ropes at the moment, so
Thanks - that's helpful. You've confirmed a lot of what I suspected, and saved
me some time and distraction.
Regards,
Bryan
On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Elliot Temple wrote:
>
> On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Bryan Harrison wrote:
>
>> Older & Wisers:
>>
>> Having done enough web developmen
Hi Bryan,
All Cocoa API's are written in C/Objective-C and even now, when we can write
apps in Ruby You still need to now them at least to be able to read
documentation.
> Does Xcode treat Ruby as family, or is it a stepchild toiling in the ashes?
> Are there other tools I'll need?
No. Xcod
