Objective-C Alternatives

Objective-C is described as 'The Objective-C language is a simple computer language designed to enable sophisticated object-oriented programming. Objective-C is defined as a small but powerful set of extensions to the standard ANSI C language' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Objective-C for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Objective-C alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Objective-C are JavaScript, Java, C (programming language) and Rust.

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  1. Ceylon icon

    Ceylon

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    Ceylon is a language designed specifically for writing large programs in teams.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Hotspot JVM
    Eclipse welcome page
     
  2. Jabaco icon

    Jabaco

     4 likes

    Jabaco is a simple programming language with a Visual Basic like syntax. Jabaco enables you to create powerful software for all Java supported operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Jabaco screenshot 1
     
  4. S

    Solid

     5 likes

    Solid - A minimalist interpreted language, with a clean object model and a tiny VM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. X10 (programming language) icon

    X10 (programming language)

     4 likes

    The X10 programming language is organized around four basic principles of asynchrony, locality, atomicity, and order that are developed on a type-safe, class-based, object-oriented foundation. This foundation is robust enough to support fine-grained concurrency, Cilk-style...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. W

    Wyvern

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    Wyvern is a new programming language designed to help developers be highly productive when writing high-assurance applications. The first major innovation in Wyvern is type-specific languages, a feature that allows programmers to create literals of a given type (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. sdlBasic icon

    sdlBasic

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    sdlBasic is a small, efficient and multiplatform basic interpreter aimed to game creation using the power of SDL library, it was inspired by the old and glorious AMOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    sdlBasic screenshot 1
     
  9. Objective-J icon

    Objective-J

     3 likes

    Objective-J is a programming language developed as part of the Cappuccino web development framework. Its syntax is nearly identical to the Objective-C syntax and it shares with JavaScript the same relationship that Objective-C has with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  11. MobileSmith icon

    MobileSmith

     1 like

    Mobile App Development Platform for non-developers: create native apps; send to devices or submit to app stores; manage apps from a secure CMS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Healthcare app development
     
  12. Nu icon

    Nu

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    Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a Lisp-like syntax, it was created as an alternative scripting language to program Mac OS X through its Cocoa API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  13. Jank Programming Language icon

    Jank Programming Language

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    Where jank differs from Clojure JVM is that its host is C++ on top of an LLVM-based JIT. This allows jank to offer the same benefits of REPL-based development while being able to seamlessly reach into the native world and compete seriously with JVM's performance.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  14. Eiffel (programming language) icon

    Eiffel (programming language)

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    Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer (an object-orientation proponent and author of Object-Oriented Software Construction) and Eiffel Software. Meyer conceived the language in 1985 with the goal of increasing the reliability of commercial...

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • OpenBSD
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