Brad Cox has died

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Post by carlosrg » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 9:54 PM UTC

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Post by jhbadger » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:15 PM UTC

I always liked his analogy for object oriented programming as "software ICs" -- just as in hardware development, you don't have to worry about what goes on in a chip (just what it takes as input and gives as output), so too a well designed object works.

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Post by throw03172019 » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:17 PM UTC

RIP. Objective-C was my first language and I enjoyed it even with manual memory management!

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Post by Austin_Conlon » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:25 PM UTC

Computer History Museum interview with him: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/201....

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Post by sigzero » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:27 PM UTC

Wow, so very sad.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

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Post by msie » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:34 PM UTC

[me say:"Oh no! This sucks."];

I loved his little book on Objective-C.

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Post by erik_seaberg » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:35 PM UTC

He was bold enough to create a DSL starting from C. Too many black bar-worthy losses lately.

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Post by WoodenChair » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:35 PM UTC

There's an extended interview with him about Objective-C in the book "Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages": https://amzn.to/3iEYfGh

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Post by robbyking » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 10:36 PM UTC

I love the quote from him where he says "languages are mere tools for building and combining parts of software." I think a lot of new developers get hung up on Language A vs. Language B (or OS A vs. OS B), so I hope this helps them realize that the languages are just tools you have in your toolbox, and that they should be open to switching between (and learning new) languages as needed.