Is it possible to program iPhone in C++

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Dmitri Nesteruk picture Dmitri Nesteruk · Nov 6, 2008 · Viewed 152.3k times · Source

I'm all for language diversity, but Objective C is insane. So I'm curious: is it possible to code iPhone apps with C++ while using the Cocoa API, etc?

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Mitch Haile picture Mitch Haile · Nov 6, 2008

Although Objective-C does indeed appear to be "insane" initially, I encourage you to stick with it. Once you have an "a-ha" moment, suddenly it all starts to make sense. For me it took about 2 weeks of focused Objective-C concentration to really understand the Cocoa frameworks, the language, and how it all fits together. But once I really "got" it, it was very very exciting.

It sounds cliché, but it's true. Stick it out.

Of course, if you're bringing in C++ libraries or existing C++ code, you can use those modules with Objective-C/Objective-C++.

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