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Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by _bxg1 »

This is really exciting. Every time I see something about Swift my thought process is "that looks like a lovely language but I don't build iOS/macOS apps, oh well". Maybe now I'll give it a real go.

Fun fact: Graydon Hoare, the original inventor of Rust, now works at Apple on Swift.

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by jbverschoor »

no_wizard wrote: post #3

Wonder if some macOS only software will get ported to Windows once this happens. That if course is assuming there’s good support for the Windows APIs for building apps

Apple is strengthening their services revenue. They week profit from the extra reach. Also, people will continue to but their hardware because the alternatives aren’t that great

Simple example.... the MacBook trackpad

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by steveklabnik »

_bxg1 wrote: post #2

This is really exciting. Every time I see something about Swift my thought process is "that looks like a lovely language but I don't build iOS/macOS apps, oh well". Maybe now I'll give it a real go. Fun fact: Graydon Hoare, the original inventor of Rust, now works at Apple on Swift.

(He doesn’t anymore, but he did)

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by _bxg1 »

steveklabnik wrote: post #5
_bxg1 wrote: post #2

This is really exciting. Every time I see something about Swift my thought process is "that looks like a lovely language but I don't build iOS/macOS apps, oh well". Maybe now I'll give it a real go. Fun fact: Graydon Hoare, the original inventor of Rust, now works at Apple on Swift.

(He doesn’t anymore, but he did)

Oh he doesn't? Didn't realize that

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by steveklabnik »

_bxg1 wrote: post #6
steveklabnik wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(He doesn’t anymore, but he did)

Oh he doesn't? Didn't realize that

Yep! I’m not sure what he’s doing today.

We’ve had several folks go between the two teams, and they’re generally very friendly with each other!

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by _bxg1 »

steveklabnik wrote: post #7
_bxg1 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh he doesn't? Didn't realize that

Yep! I’m not sure what he’s doing today. We’ve had several folks go between the two teams, and they’re generally very friendly with each other!

Yes I certainly didn't mean it as a knock on Rust, but as a compliment to Swift

Re: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

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Post by kccqzy »

_bxg1 wrote: post #2

This is really exciting. Every time I see something about Swift my thought process is "that looks like a lovely language but I don't build iOS/macOS apps, oh well". Maybe now I'll give it a real go. Fun fact: Graydon Hoare, the original inventor of Rust, now works at Apple on Swift.

That's an outdated but sadly common perception. TensorFlow for example is pushing Swift pretty hard: https://www.tensorflow.org/swift/

Disclaimer: I work at Google but not on TensorFlow.

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