Take the 2-minute tour ×  Objective-C and C++ belong to the C
family, so in terms of "static", there are static variables,
static functions, static classes etc.  Static has static
storage, lifecycle, scope.  Here is the question:    • What are
the big differences in the meaning of "static" in C++ and
Objective C? share|improve this question Object C? Do you mean
Objective-C? –  Mark Byers Dec 30 '10 at 3:10 static has enough
different meaning in C++ alone you don't need to bring
objective-C into it. –  Loki Astari Dec 30 '10 at 4:57  2
Answers 2  up vote 3 down vote accepted  static has the exact
same meaning in Objective-C that it would have in C. It does not
mean the same thing as in C++. In C++, static is additionally
used to declare and define class methods (methods which can only
be called on the class itself) and variables, but Objective-C
distinguishes class and instance methods with different syntax:
+ (void)classMethod; - (void)instanceMethod;  and does not
support class variables.  share|improve th