[dustineichler]

I'm going to disagree. Objective-C is an ASNI C derivative language. Programming for me at least isn't knowing the syntaxual elements of a language but leveraging paradigms I know to exist from one language to the next. Objective-C while looks different, is really no different than most languages. It definitely shouldn't be your first language, maybe not even your 2nd choice, but if you have a conceptional knowledge of programming languages and you're keen on diving into the deep end, there's enough resources out there you're not going to drown. I love Objective-C for many reasons, but then again I equate programmatic choice to personalities. If that makes sense. Point being, don't be deterred. iOS SDK is something else all together, but like anything worth learning, learn by doing.

What you should probably decide for yourself is if this article makes it seem harder than it is. His conclusion about Automatic Reference Counting is on the money, but that's about it.

"When learning Objective-C, it's not just a language or a framework or a runtime or a compiler, it's all of these things". No is not. These are different.

If anyone is considering learning this language, there's a bunch of unsolved problems that frequently include writing new libraries.

Cheers.