On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Paul Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 17 Mar 2008, at 17:46, Hamish Allan wrote: > > > If you're cutting your programming teeth on Cocoa, you might find that > > Python or Ruby is gentler. > > I'm not sure I agree. Two problems for me. > > * Cocoa isn't a seamless fit with either python or ruby, so there are > little corner cases around that don't feel quite right. Method naming, > for example, reads correctly in Objective C, but not in Python. In > fact it can get quite confusing. > > * The documentation for Cocoa on Python and Ruby is far less bountiful > than for Objective C, so you end up reading Objective C documents and > translating them to Python or Ruby. > > I really like Python (in particular) as a teaching language, but I > wouldn't teach cocoa with it. I completely agree - and I wrote CamelBones, the Cocoa/Perl bridge. It is, and always has been, my opinion that language bridges are not an adequate substitute for learning Cocoa's native language, Objective-C. What they are *great* for is giving additional options to a skilled programmer who's already familiar with both Cocoa and a scripting language. Someone who tries to use them as a means to avoid Objective-C is just setting themselves up for a lot of frustration. sherm-- _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
