IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by okket » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 12:35 PM UTC

IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise
computerworld.com

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by tloble » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:04 PM UTC

IBM says: we are ready to start making money by adding another buzzy technology and using it to provide shitware.

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by themihai » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:07 PM UTC

Which version (Swift 2, 3 or 4)?

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by BanzaiTokyo » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:08 PM UTC

themihai wrote: post #3

Which version (Swift 2, 3 or 4)?

The article is talking about version 3.0

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by zkhalique » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:10 PM UTC

tloble wrote: post #2

IBM says: we are ready to start making money by adding another buzzy technology and using it to provide shitware.

why weren't they ready before, according to you?

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by stuartaxelowen » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:10 PM UTC

Does this loosely translate to "We want to sell Swift consulting services to the enterprise"?

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by superJimmy64 » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:11 PM UTC

I literally just started to go back and re-learn some of the core concepts for the latest version... wow is Swift ugly!

EDIT: I'm not attempting to discredit the greatness that can be had... Just wanted to describe a feeling which I had while using it is all!

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by protomyth » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:11 PM UTC

How is it going with Linux, Windows, BSD, etc. platforms? Anyone with experience using Swift on something other than an Apple product have a story?

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by themihai » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:13 PM UTC

BanzaiTokyo wrote: post #4

themihai wrote: post #3

Which version (Swift 2, 3 or 4)?

The article is talking about version 3.0

I see.. though it(swift 3) was just released. I didn't know the enterprise world changed so much(i.e. adopting a technology immediately after release). The core/std library `is not yet ready for production use, and in fact are still in the earliest stages of development.`

I also heard Swift 4 is likely to have breaking changes. (ABI) stability will start only on Swift 4 too.

But what do I know...? Swift is great and everyone should abandon whatever obsolete language/tools they have in favour of this shinning thing because it has a nicer syntax.

Re: IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise

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Post by manmal » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 1:14 PM UTC

superJimmy64 wrote: post #7

I literally just started to go back and re-learn some of the core concepts for the latest version... wow is Swift ugly! EDIT: I'm not attempting to discredit the greatness that can be had... Just wanted to describe a feeling which I had while using it is all!

It's a systems language, and imo way more beautiful than c++.