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Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:47 PM UTC

realstuff wrote: post #97

kipe wrote: post #71

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Why is that? Anything he did for Apple is owned by Apple.

Including his contacts and reputation? What if someone wants to email him now?

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Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by thijsc » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:50 PM UTC

civility wrote: post #100

burntsushi wrote: post #88

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Can you compile a completely static executable and ship that? Or do you need to compile on distributions as old as RHEL 5?

It needs to compile (at least the C or C++ parts). Frequently the people who operate the software will want to make small changes.

I know from experience that it is possible to build Rust binaries that work on very old Linux versions. You could for example supply them with a Docker image with a new build stack which can produce binaries they could copy to the old machines. The same is likely true for Go.

Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by jay_kyburz » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:50 PM UTC

rweichler wrote: post #94

Touche wrote: post #92

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Considered leaving your job? Life's too short to be a craftsmen who is not allowed to use the tools of his/her choosing.

Hard to have this mindset when your tool of choice is LuaJIT... sighs

Get a job in games :)

Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by nil_is_me » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:57 PM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #4

Let's start speculating what he might do instead. I have a hunch that this might pursue some Bret Victor-esque product maybe something like Swift Playgrounds for the iPad but less educational and more dev oriented. But I'm basing that on relatively nothing.

VP of Autopilot Software at Tesla

Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by scrollaway » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 10:06 PM UTC

jay_kyburz wrote: post #103

rweichler wrote: post #94

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Hard to have this mindset when your tool of choice is LuaJIT... sighs

Get a job in games :)

Seconded! LuaJIT is extremely popular in gaming, you'll have no time finding work in that industry; finding people for it is hard when Javascript is so FOTM.

Stay away from EA and Amazon. Don't bother applying to unity shops either, those generally don't use Lua at all.

Re: Update on the Swift Project Lead

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Post by vcorleone » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 10:08 PM UTC

emdowling wrote: post #11

Good on him. As others have said, well-communicated move. He is leaving Swift in an excellent position and has set up an outstanding structure where Swift is way more than just one person. He spent more than 5 years building Swift inside Apple, so I can definitely understand he is ready for his next challenge. Can't wait to see what it is!

Tesla