What is the future of Objective C?
Generated on 8/3/2024
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The future of Objective-C at Apple seems to be one of gradual transition towards Swift. Apple has been emphasizing Swift as the primary language for app development due to its safety, speed, and modern features. Swift is designed to be more approachable for newcomers and powerful for experts, and it is being used extensively across Apple's software stack, from apps and system services to frameworks and even firmware.
Apple is committed to adopting Swift in their C code bases, which includes Objective-C, to improve the quality of software both at Apple and throughout the industry. This transition is supported by Swift's interoperability with C and Objective-C, allowing developers to incrementally adopt Swift in their existing projects.
For more details, you can refer to the Platforms State of the Union (28:21) session from WWDC 2024.
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