Re: known limitations of REALbasic?

["Theodore H. Smith" <delete at elfdata dot com>]

> From: Asher Dunn <asher at fireyesoftware dot com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:09:21 -0400
>
> > Obj-C Minus points:
> > Bad memory Management
> > Syntax
> >
> > RB Plus points:
> > Setter methods
> > Stronger typing, and type checking
> > Stronger checking all over, in fact! For example, RB checks interface
> > compliancy.
> > Constructor arguments
> > The language makes normally hard things, easy. (even for loops are
> > easier to write)
> Those are all a matter of opinion. You are entitled to your opinion,
> but don't state it as fact.
>
> Setter methods add unnecessary confusion to the language, and ObjC
> syntax is actually rather nice. Strong typing removes a lot of
> flexibility that ObjC has, and you can perfectly well pass parameters
> to the -init function of an object in ObjC.
>
> Just playing devil's advocate here :-)
RB also has default parameters, something ObjC lacks. They are soooo  
handy. RB's also got namespaced constants (via modules/classes).
[init] isn't equivalent to new.

[alloc] is equivalent to new.

I've never found setters confusing, maybe you have. "for each" is  
pretty cool also. ObjC has no "for each".
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