[dep_b]

I still like Objective-C even if it isn't my go-to language anymore. It's quite elegant compared to it's peers from the 80's, it's a very small language yet you can achieve everything with it, even if it means dipping into C(++) for the parts that need to be really performant. But on the other hand seeing a different programming language when there's some optimization going on and having another programming language for business logic is a great thing too.

How many times don't we see bugs, errors or security issues stemming from the fact that business logic gets implemented in C?

[nerdponx]

What is cross-platform development like?

Also, what about Objective-C prevents business logic bugs?

[dep_b]

> What is cross-platform development like?

Sorry, never tried that.

> Also, what about Objective-C prevents business logic bugs?

Generically speaking C makes it easy to interact with the computer memory but harder to abstract things while OO languages have it reverse.

C has GOTO, Objective-C not.

Objective-C has objects that easily can encapsulate different aspects of your logic. Objective-C is very verbose and readable while most C API's aren't.

Obviously Swift is even better in that regard as it has better types and checks but it doesn't allow you to seamlessly use C.