The predecessor of Swift, still used to maintain legacy Apple applications.
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What is Objective-C
The predecessor of Swift, still used to maintain legacy Apple applications.
GitHub Linguist classifies Objective-C as a programming language, typically using extensions such as .m, .h.
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The predecessor of Swift, still used to maintain legacy Apple applications.
Common extensions include .m, .h.
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