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AshFurrow on March 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Objective-C is Hard

I've found after a while you get really used to the verbosity. I miss it when I return to other languages.

For instance, I look at the first example you posted and I know exactly what it does. It's very natural for me to read.

chc on March 6, 2012 [–]

Is it really easier than `data['poster_url'].is_a? String`? I wouldn't call the Objective-C example unreadable, but it's certainly a lot more line noise for not a lot more meaning.

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