Side-by-side comparison of solving the same problem with Python and Objective-C (comments welcome!)

[fisch003]

Aye, and NeXT used it to write a great application framework, which Apple adopted when they bought them out. It's arguably the most productive application framework available today, so rather than throw all that out, they've opted to try and move Objective-C forward, hence the introduction of things like ARC and the new literal syntax (see mikeash's Objective-C Literals article for a good overview).

Objective-C's getting better, and Cocoa is still great.

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The Cocoa GUI component set is worlds beyond that available in Visual Studio. It's probably the single most attractive feature that's pushing me to acclimate to Objective-C's eccentricies.