Apple needs to buy this company in 3, 2, 1... This is an ideal start to countering the concepts from Xamarin out of the .net camp and I would love to see them build up some form of XAML-like UI tech and tooling for x-plat UI dev so you could push the envelope on code-reuse. That would take a big dump of capital. It would also make for a push in the market for this style of x-plat dev. If you can get to the major and…
Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
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Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#12Cool! But, is it possible that this violates Apple's TOS or any legal limitation on use of the Swift language? I remember there being a lot of heated discussion about making Swift officially open source back when it was announced, but I don't recall ever hearing anyone suggest a community project to make an OSS compiler for it. This is most interesting, but I'd love to know that Apple would be okay with this, or woul…
I don't know what the trademark situation might be, though.
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#13Genuinely curious. Why Swift for multi-platform rather than C#, Clojure, JavaScript, or ?
Also, Swift was designed to compile to native code, unlike any of the other three languages.
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#14They should make it 100% free for students. Once they graduate and enter the workforce they will recommend this tool to employers.
I believe it's free for everyone. > RemObjects Silver is absolutely free of charge to use, both during the current beta period, and once we release the shipping version.
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#15Apple needs to buy this company in 3, 2, 1... This is an ideal start to countering the concepts from Xamarin out of the .net camp and I would love to see them build up some form of XAML-like UI tech and tooling for x-plat UI dev so you could push the envelope on code-reuse. That would take a big dump of capital. It would also make for a push in the market for this style of x-plat dev. If you can get to the major and…
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#16Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#17Apple needs to buy this company in 3, 2, 1... This is an ideal start to countering the concepts from Xamarin out of the .net camp and I would love to see them build up some form of XAML-like UI tech and tooling for x-plat UI dev so you could push the envelope on code-reuse. That would take a big dump of capital. It would also make for a push in the market for this style of x-plat dev. If you can get to the major and…
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#18Apple needs to buy this company in 3, 2, 1... This is an ideal start to countering the concepts from Xamarin out of the .net camp and I would love to see them build up some form of XAML-like UI tech and tooling for x-plat UI dev so you could push the envelope on code-reuse. That would take a big dump of capital. It would also make for a push in the market for this style of x-plat dev. If you can get to the major and…
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#19I'll pass, thanks.
Re: Silver: A free implementation of Swift for .NET, Java, Android, and Cocoa
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe it's free for everyone. > RemObjects Silver is absolutely free of charge to use, both during the current beta period, and once we release the shipping version.
Silver itself might be free, but I think only if you bought the compiler already, http://elementscompiler.com/elements/pricing.aspx
so it isn't free software at all.