macOS Learning to program for Mac and iPhone

I absolutely love technology. I know my way around a computer and can do pretty much anything except photoshopping, graphic design, and programming. I want to learn to program. I know this is something that can't just be "learned", and that you are always learning new things..... i've even tried to learn C++, but I run Windows and I think i'm having so much trouble with it because i'm simply not that interested in making Windows Programs. I've recently started thinking about programming for Mac, and especially iPhone. I know I would enjoy it and I know I would get really into it if I started, but that's the problem, I just don't know where to start. First, I don't have a Mac, which isn't much of a problem... I could grab a Mac Mini in the next few months. Mainly I just don't know what I would need to learn, and if I need a Mac to learn it. I've been reading that cocoa is heavily based on Objective C, but I don't know if I need to have a Mac to compile Objective C programs.... or if I should even start with Objective C at all.... or if anything cocoa related is where to start. Right now I can only make a C++ program on Windows that says Hello World with some user input and then instantly disappears. I would really appreciate some help, and considering that I have no idea what most of the thread topics even mean I know i'm in the right place.

Thanks

Xanadeath

macFan3000 said:

Get Programming in Objective-C 2.0 by Stephen G. Kochan Amazon link.
When you've gotten your Mac Get Cocoa Programing for Mac OS X By Arron Hillegass Amazon link.

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If I go with the objective C book before getting a Mac, is using a Windows compiler going to veer me off course. Will going on the mac and using cocoa be more difficult after becoming accustomed to C on Windows?