On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Scott Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. > > I also find that (if you're already familiar with Cocoa, and if you're > willing to put up with the corner cases) languages bridges like the > Ruby, Python, and Perl bridges are really great tools for prototyping > things quickly, and learning new APIs. > ... > YMMV. My mileage doesn't vary a bit - I've used CamelBones for precisely that. Completely eliminating the compile/link time really puts the R in RAD. :-) 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]
