[sdiy] Programming Language Recommendation

[Ingo Debus]

> Am 05.12.2020 um 22:11 schrieb Brian Willoughby <brianw at audiobanshee.com>:
> 
> Also note that C++ and Objective C are built on top of standard C. They're literally extensions of C, so everything you learn about C will be 100% applicable to C++ or ObjC.

When I was looking into Objective C (more than 10 years ago), I found that that language is almost (but not entirely) unlike C. Still it’s true that it is „compatible“, as in every valid C program is also a valid Objective C program. But if you want to use these nice Objective C features, you don’t program C-style. So, this compatibility is 100% true but 100% useless information, much like in that old joke:
https://flunkingfamily.com/best-microsoft-joke-ever-will-enjoy/
(still wondering why this joke is about Microsoft and not Apple).

Java, on the other hand, is much more C-like, but not compatible.

Ingo