Actually the opposite is true, Swift is an Apple ecosystem language, and thats why it sucks. I'd love if it could replace languages like Java or C#, but we're d

Actually the opposite is true, Swift is an Apple ecosystem language, and thats why it sucks. I'd love if it could replace languages like Java or C#, but we're decades from that with the current pace (if it will ever happen). They open sourced the language more than a year ago. The Linux builds are crappy, for example there is no release for Ubuntu 16.10. The IDE support on Linux is basically non-existent. There are some initial offerings, but they are in alpha or pre-alpha state. The situation on Windows is even more bleak, you can only get the compiler via some Linux emulation. All of this results obviously in no or very very few libraries that are not aimed towards iOS/OSX development. So no, Swift does not allow you to code anywhere. And if Apple continues the way they do it now, it will end up as Objective-C, a language that is solely used by iOS/OSX devs.