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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
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That's an outdated but sadly common perception.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.
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
So, direct ports are unlikely to be made that much easier, but it definitely opens the door to more code sharing.
Plus, Swift is a really nice language — great to see it getting more adoption.
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
Apple’s trackpads are even better now. How has nobody figured out Apple’s 2010s trackpad technology?
Also worth noting that Saleem has also been working on a wrapper of Windows GDI for Swift. While it's not a port of SwiftUI, it looks pretty similar. https://github.com/compnerd/swift-win32
If by some stretch that means Swift can then make complete Windows programs, that could be good for consumers but particularly good for enterprise developers.
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
I was talking to someone also in lockdown and she's in the market for a new laptop or iPad/keyboard.
She also wants to play games with family and friends and that's when she realized multiplayer and games in general on iOS and Mac were not a strength at all.
IMO, Apple's above-average hardware (at times, not all keyboards) is severely hurt by the lack of real gaming options on Mac or iOS.
I think that is even more glaring now in our present circumstances.