[Tloewald]

A lot of the features allegedly inspired by C# actually come directly from Objective-C. It's a decent discussion (I also skimmed the manual front to back after the presentation) but it's sad the writer appears ignorant of how advanced a language Objective-C is/was, especially since it significantly predated C++, let alone Java and C#.

[teh_klev]

Sure, but can you explain which features rather than leaving off at the author is "ignorant".

Are there features in Objective-C available now that weren't present back in the early days? Perhaps this is what the author means? Has Objective-C drawn inspiration from newer languages such as C# or Java?

[groovy2shoes]

According to Wikipedia, both C++ and Objective-C "appeared in" 1983. I otherwise share your sentiment.