Interest in the Objective-C language has taken a nosedive thanks to developers ramping up on Apple’s successor, the Swift language, according to this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity. Based ...

After inventing calculus, actuarial tables, and the mechanical calculator and coining the phrase “best of all possible worlds,” Gottfried Leibniz still felt his life’s work was incomplete. Since ...

Objective-C, the programming language superseded by Apple's Swift for iOS and macOS app development, has finally dropped off the top 20 most popular languages, according to the April 2021 edition of ...

Demonstrating continued momentum for Apple’s iOS platform, the Objective-C language used to develop applications for iOS showed the most growth in popularity in ...

To navigate the world of mobile app development, one needs to make smart choices, especially when selecting the right programming language and development team. Swift has grown popular, though ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Interest in the Objective-C language has taken a nosedive thanks to developers ramping up on Apple's successor, the Swift language, according to this month's Tiobe index of language popularity. Based ...

Wil Shipley, a developer whose association with Apple began with a contract for NeXT, has posted two tweets in praise of Swift shortly after Apple’s “significant update” to the programming language.

Apple's used Objective-C as its programming language of choice for right around 20 years now, but it's brought something new to its yearly developer conference: Swift, a new tongue of its own making.

Thanks to the popularity of the iPad and iPhone, the Objective-C language has overtaken C++ in Tiobe’s monthly assessment of programming language popularity ...