Is anyone using Objective-C as a systems language? That is, without Cocoa and other Apple libraries and APIs? Otherwise, why is it worth comparing it to C? Is anyone suggesting that Linus could write the Linux kernel or git in Objective-C? Objective-C is more fairly comparable to Java, C#, Qt or GTK rather than plain C.
Most people who say they like Objective-C actually mean they like programming for Macs and iPhones.
Yes, I am. And it is fine, either using ObjFW, GNUstep (which is essentially Cocoa) or just writing it raw with my own framework. It is a nice language, and the C apis to the runtimes are pretty nice.
Most people who say they like Objective-C actually mean they like programming for Macs and iPhones.