I''ve heard that Objective C was (is?) popular on Macs.

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How well does MacDX work? There''s WineX for DirectX on Linux, but it doesn''t work that well.

quote:Original post by Magmai Kai Holmlor
I''ve heard that Objective C was (is?) popular on Macs.

Yep - it''s the native language for OSX, really. Most of the NeXT stuff came in using it, and a large part of the Mac dev tools are centered around generating Obj-C code (Interface Builder, anyone)?

However, what people tend to do is mix Objective-C and C++ to create - yes, you guessed it - Objective-C++. You can switch from Obj-C to C++ in the middle of a function or thereabouts, and the compiler handles it fine.

OpenGL is the graphics API of choice - you *could* use things like MacDX but all they do is end up passing calls through to OpenGL; they''re taking advantage of n00bs and people in a rush who didn''t design their apps to allow for multiple renderers properly. I''m not sure about input and sound - I just use SDL and FMOD - though networking is straight berkely sockets.



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quote:Original post by jeeky

quote:what is programming on Mac like?

It is like sliding down a razor blade and landing in a barrel of monkey snot.

It is like sliding down a razor blade and landing in a barrel of monkey snot liquidized salt.