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verstaenon Can you recreate Objective-C in C?

You can use dlopen()/dlsym() to replicate something like objc_msgSend(). That's what I was doing for AppSketcher on BeOS.

verstaenon Can you recreate Objective-C in C?

There's a lot of caching involved. And it brings a lot of benefits.

verstaenon BeOS almost made Apple a different company (2015)

Yep. It was amazingly smooth. I remember seeing Photoshop running, and crashing, without bringing the whole OS, which at the time was amazing.

verstaenon BeOS almost made Apple a different company (2015)

A MacOS emulator was already available for BeOS and able to run any MacOS 9 application on BeOS. If I remember correctly the code name was "sheep shaver"...

verstaenon France bans unlimited sugary drink refills

You still have the freedom to drink as much as you want in France. This is not about the freedom to drink, this is about fighting obesity.

verstaenon Don't Give Silicon Valley More H1B Visas

Absolutely correct, it takes five years to be able to apply for citizenship for a green card holder. But a green card holder can move from job to job the way a US citizen does. So ince you have a green card, you are not submitted to the constraints of a visa.