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Apple's Swift Language Might Actually be Good

posted by martyb on Sunday June 14 2015, @10:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the swift-rise-in-popularity dept.

Robotron writes:

The hype around Swift is near non-existent by Apple standards, yet the language has attracted high praise since its release last year. Swift is essentially one of the very few Apple products representing a clear departure from the hardware-led approach Steve Jobs took to the business. If Stack Overflow's 2015 dev survey is anything to go by, it looks as if the Swift language might have potential to really shake things up.

Might the days of Apple programmers relying upon objective C be numbered?

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Monday June 15 2015, @09:42PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Monday June 15 2015, @09:42PM (#196657) Homepage

    Does Swift have any applications outside of Apple's walled garden? Because if it doesn't, this is non-news (for me and many others); even if Swift reads your mind and instantly produces the exact code you need without any bugs, I wouldn't touch it with a long stick.

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