Swift does have a runtime though. In its current form I can't see it replacing C or C++. It may provide more deterministic performance than Go but it's not C. I

Swift does have a runtime though. In its current form I can't see it replacing C or C++. It may provide more deterministic performance than Go but it's not C. If it were to be designed as C replacement I would expect a roadmap for embedded environments, praise about its mapping to the hardware, how it trashes or at least matches C/C++ on its application domain(i.e. low level/ hardware interface or performance) etc but it's clear that is not the case and its focus is on "apps" first, servers second and maybe a bit of low level.