- You can mix static and dynamic styles as appropriate.
- You can mix low level and high level code as appropriate.
- "Manual memory management" != "Manual ref counting". I'm not saying it's wonderful, but it's a hell of a lot better than malloc and free.
- Categories are a pretty big OO power tool that you don't see in e.g. Java (e.g. Android)
- I would love to be able to efficiently write slick, efficient mobile apps with an REPL right on the device. And I would enjoy a pony.
- You can mix static and dynamic styles as appropriate.
- You can mix low level and high level code as appropriate.
- "Manual memory management" != "Manual ref counting". I'm not saying it's wonderful, but it's a hell of a lot better than malloc and free.
- Categories are a pretty big OO power tool that you don't see in e.g. Java (e.g. Android)
- I would love to be able to efficiently write slick, efficient mobile apps with an REPL right on the device. And I would enjoy a pony.