Ah, another pontificating buffoon who has never used or seen smalltalk.

Hot flash from the newsroom, genius - ObjectiveC is an extension of C. If you want to use the features of C or call regular C code, you can. Indeed, for some features, such as CALayers, that is the only way to do it.

Now, if you are more comfortable with C++, keep programming in it. Skip the iPhone development a stick to Windows.

Freaking language snobs. Right tool for the job. I use C, Java, ObjectiveC and even a bit of various scripting languages daily. Get over yourself, honestly.

...and yes, it is a great book. it should be requird reading for anyone getting nto programming and IT security.

That being said, what are the differences between the first and second editions? Why should I get this?

So far I've seen nothing but a review of a 6 year old book.

You are right, the problem applies to all closed source software. I only used Windows as an example because it is in so widespread use.

Athlon something-or-other currently running at 1.9 GHz.
1 GB DDR-something RAM.
Radeon 9600 128 MB

I play at 1024x768 with most if not all detail settings on high, 2 or 4x FSAA, and a decent level of anisotropic filtering. It plays fine to me, no stuttering or noticable framerate drops.

Tim