[wues]

Yes, the distinction between class and instance methods in an interface with + and - characters must be one of the most elegant solutions introduced in a programming language ever.

Seriously, I could never understand this claim of "elegance" of Objective C…

[jfb]

Really? Whinging about syntax? You don't understand how cleanly dividing the C bits and bobs from the Smalltalk-derived object system by using distinct syntax could be considered a more elegant solution to the problem than C++'s insistence in rooting both worlds in a single hierarchy of functionality?