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In article <1eab2mINNild@agate.berkeley.edu>, jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu
(John S. Jacob) wrote:
> My question: what are the relative merits of OO languages available
> for the Mac. Indeed, what are the languages available? I know of C++
> and SmallTalk, and few others. I'm sure I don't know of all of them.

Which language you use is mostly a matter of personal preference and
pragmatic considerations.  You'll probably be better off if you try to
learn object oriented desigh/programming in general, using whatever
language you want (or multiple languages), rather than just learning C++ or
SmallTalk or whatever.

I use C++ myself: partially because I used to use C, partially because I
like some of the powerful features like constructors, destructors, and
operator overloading, and partially because I use MacApp.  One warning: if
you learn C++ with a recent book and a good compiler, switching to Apple's
MPW C++ will be painful: there are no templates or exception handling. 
Maybe the rumored Think C++ will fix this.

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