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		umanwizard on June 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Four common mistakes in audio development Objective-C is compiled (to machine language, not bytecode), and does not use garbage collection (it has optional garbage collection, but this is not supported on iOS). What informs your guess that it's "around java speed" ?

iammyIP on June 19, 2016 [–]

Just some blurry knowledge mixed with ignorance (50/50), because of its platform-centricity. It's probably a bit faster than Java though.

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