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D vs Objective-C: What are the differences?
What is D? Modern convenience. Modeling power. Native efficiency. D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity.
What is Objective-C? The primary programming language you use when writing software for OS X and iOS. Objective-C is a superset of the C programming language and provides object-oriented capabilities and a dynamic runtime. Objective-C inherits the syntax, primitive types, and flow control statements of C and adds syntax for defining classes and methods. It also adds language-level support for object graph management and object literals while providing dynamic typing and binding, deferring many responsibilities until runtime.
D and Objective-C can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
"Compile-time function execution" is the top reason why over 9 developers like D, while over 211 developers mention "Ios" as the leading cause for choosing Objective-C.
Uber Technologies, Instagram, and Pinterest are some of the popular companies that use Objective-C, whereas D is used by AdRoll, Stockopedia, and 9Labs. Objective-C has a broader approval, being mentioned in 851 company stacks & 363 developers stacks; compared to D, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Expo was a tool Macombey really wanted to utilize from the beginning. I have been working with React Native since 2016 and originally I had to use simulators in Xcode, install pods on top of node packages, configure certificates, and more abundant objectives that take time away from actual development. As a development studio, we have to move quick and get projects to our clients and partners in a matter of months.
Expo made this easy for us. We now have a mobile app for clients to download and test their project on, there is no need to install pods or configure Xcode, and development is super fast and reliable now.
1 code deploys for both: Android and iOS. There is a huge community behind React Native. And one of the best things is Expo. Expo uses React Native to make everything even more and more simple. Awesome technologies. Some other important thing is that while using React Native, you are reusing all JavaScript knowledge you have in your team. You can move easily a frontend dev to develop mobile applications.
A huge PRO of Expo, is that it includes a full building process. You run 1 line in the terminal, and 10 minutes after you have 2 builds done. Double check EAS Expo.
Pros of D
- Compile-time function execution16
- Makes functional programming style easier12
- Productive12
- Much easier to do Concurrent/Parallel vs C/C++12
- Simple but Powerful template-based generics11
- Powerful static function to avoid macro11
- Meta program is much easier to read/write vs. C++10
- It support unittest etc9
- Assembler is support directly in the language9
- System program language like C++ and C9
- Supports code covarge directly in the compiler9
- Metaprogramming7
- Supports both manuel memory and garbage collection7
- Plugs directly into C6
- Easy to translate from Java and C# to D6
- Feels and looks like C, so it's easy to learn5
- Amazing developer productivity4
- Fast2
- Performance2
- Syntax uniformity across pre-compile/compile/runtime1
Pros of Objective-C
- Ios212
- Xcode115
- Backed by apple62
- Osx47
- Interface builder40
- Good old fashioned ooe with a modern twist10
- Goober, please2
- Object-oriented1
- Handles well null values (no NullPointerExceptions)1
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Cons of D
Cons of Objective-C
- UNREADABLE1
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