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2026-05-12 19:09 UTC
@JetForMe@geekstodon.com Swift is a fine language as far as it goes. But it didn't have any need to exist as an Apple product. Objective-C was working fine, and it kept out a lot of shitty programmers who had no business polluting a good platform.
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@JetForMe@geekstodon.com 2026-05-12 19:13
@mos_8502@studio8502.ca I disagree there. Any language that improves the programmer experience and reduces bugs is a win. I'm all for Swift as Apple's language of choice. And it's not an Apple product per se; it's an open-source project with significant Apple backing. I wish they'd put a small team on improving adoption outside the Apple ecosystem, especially in embedded, because it will become a de facto Apple product if they don't. I use it for server-side development on Linux and I much prefer it to the typical alternatives.