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1984-2014

Objective-C

Apple's original language

Money Burned

N/A

Body Count

Still technically alive but everyone left

Lifespan

10950 days (30 years)

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The Walking Dead

Is Objective-C actually dead or just undead?

☠️ Official Cause of Death

Swift happened

Apple released Swift in 2014. Objective-C went from 'required' to 'legacy' overnight. Nobody misses the brackets.

Epitaph

The brackets were many

[[self retain] release]

Swift set us free

💡 The Lesson

Syntax matters more than we admit

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I Was There Too

Raise your hand. Be honest. We all fuck up.

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