Swift Has Reached 1.0

#1

Post by mattquiros » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 1:11 AM UTC

Swift Has Reached 1.0
developer.apple.com

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

#2

Post by krschultz » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:22 AM UTC

This might be a stupid question, but does Objective-C have versions? Objective-C was always talked about in terms of the iOS version, even when the language itself was changing (eg blocks).

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by codemac » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:24 AM UTC

My brother has been using swift to learn some programming.

I don't have a mac, let alone iTunes.

Is there a legal way for me to download/purchase a manual to help him with his progress?

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

#4

Post by beggi » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:27 AM UTC

codemac wrote: post #3

My brother has been using swift to learn some programming. I don't have a mac, let alone iTunes. Is there a legal way for me to download/purchase a manual to help him with his progress?

The language manual is free at apple.com

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:28 AM UTC

krschultz wrote: post #2

This might be a stupid question, but does Objective-C have versions? Objective-C was always talked about in terms of the iOS version, even when the language itself was changing (eg blocks).

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Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by plorkyeran » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:28 AM UTC

krschultz wrote: post #2

This might be a stupid question, but does Objective-C have versions? Objective-C was always talked about in terms of the iOS version, even when the language itself was changing (eg blocks).

The language itself hasn't had any official version numbers since 2.0 (in 2006), but the runtime has (not very public) version numbers if you look at the source: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/objc4/

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by smaili » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:35 AM UTC

Stupid question but is Swift just compiled into Objective-C? I'm asking because I'd like to know if I can write an app in Swift that can run on iOS6.

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by andrewchambers » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:36 AM UTC

smaili wrote: post #7

Stupid question but is Swift just compiled into Objective-C? I'm asking because I'd like to know if I can write an app in Swift that can run on iOS6.

swift compiles to llvm not objective c.

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

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Post by cdnsteve » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:37 AM UTC

That's fantastic! Now, too bad I can't watch your video tutorials on my Macbook Pro using Chrome. Or Windows 7 using Chrome. The messaging on the site declares it requires Safari. So much of the open web... Quietly moves along to Android.

Re: Swift Has Reached 1.0

#10

Post by programminggeek » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 2:41 AM UTC

cdnsteve wrote: post #9

That's fantastic! Now, too bad I can't watch your video tutorials on my Macbook Pro using Chrome. Or Windows 7 using Chrome. The messaging on the site declares it requires Safari. So much of the open web... Quietly moves along to Android.

The web is totally open, but just because something is open doesn't mean you have to support it the same way everywhere. Not everything has to run on everything. As a creator of something, Apple should totally have the right to decide what is best for their own products, website, etc.