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Developed byBrad Cox
Maintained byApple Inc
Founded1984
Use caseiOS app development
Technical
API compatible
C
Protocols
Key-Value Observing
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Based onC programming language
Competes with
Swift
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Objective-C

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Object-oriented programming language that was the primary language for Apple's macOS and iOS development before Swift.

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maintained by

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developed by

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api compatible with

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founded year

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supports protocol

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competes with

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Claim count: 14Last updated: 4/11/2026Edit history