Where is the objective-c language reference documentation gone?

Some of us still use objective-c and think it's a great language ... but that's besides the point


Right now I need to refer to refer to the language reference documentation but can't find it anywhere



any suggestions to where it might be hidden in this Swft-only world ?



-m

Apple has disappeared numerous excellent Objective-C documentation over the years. It's always worrying when good information goes away with no replacement or explanation.


The documentation situation is distressing in general right now.


I don't know what's worse: that they deprecated every single programming guide, or that there is so little communication about what they're doing and why they're doing it. Apple's developer communication and outreach is sadly lacking. So little transparency.


It seems like they think that WWDC videos are sufficient to document design principles and best practises. This is absurd, if true.

The Objective-C guides still exist but have been moved to the document archive.


Here are links to some of the guides:



For more, go to https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/navigation/ and type "objective-c" into the second search box (next to the documents list).

Where is the objective-c language reference documentation gone?
 
 
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