Objective-C

English

Proper noun

Objective-C

1. (computer languages) An object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style message passing to the C programming language, mainly used on Apple platforms.

   Synonyms: Obj-C, ObjC

   • 2016, Matt Neuburg, iOS 10 Programming Fundamentals with Swift: Swift, Xcode, and Cocoa Basics, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 185:

     In Objective-C, a protocol member can be declared optional, meaning that this member doesn't have to be implemented by the adopter, but it may be.