is a project inspired by Processing and MacResearch to promote software literacy, in design, research and the arts. This is a first step in a direction towards making Cocoa, and the programming language Objective-C, more accessible with a focus on the artistic side of application development and the production of new kinds of computer-aided art practice. Furthermore, a key part of why we're developing C4 is to be able to make it easier for people to create innovative new applications, software and experiences which can be easily distributed on a variety of different devices. Cocoa is a very extensive set of frameworks which are tightly integrated into the hardware of all Apple computers and devices. This integration makes it an ideal language for harnessing the computing power of the computer, or device, so that applications run smoothly and efficiently.
Whether you're building installations or new kinds of artistic software, and you're working on a Mac, Objective-C is the most ideal language with which you can create.
