[serge2k]

Verbose is putting it mildly. Objective C isn't a bad language, but the syntax is just horrible IMO. So much extra typing to do something simple.

That said, the app I'm writing at work does a lot of stuff with strings, which you did mention specifically as a problem.

Properties also drive me crazy. just a ton of extra annoyance just to declare a variable.

I also prefer eclipse to xcode, and visual studio to both.

oh and good point about the simulator. The iOS simulators are MUCH better than the android simulator. So much faster.

[reidmain]

What is the annoyance with declaring properties? How is it worse than other languages?

You have a single line that specifies a property and then a single line to synthesize the accessors if you don't need to do anything unique inside them.