The conclusion at the end of the talk is that, no, it's not dead.

apple4ever · on Sept 25, 2019

Especially given its 4 years later and still going strong.

While Apple has released a Swift only framework, its very much in alpha state.

Objective-C will live on strongly for another 5 years, and even in its twilight after that will continue going on.

I'll be writing in it until I die haha.

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