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Why would it matter if it was cross platform if it is running on a server?

• cwyers 10y ago
  Because the officially supported platform, macOS/iOS, isn't a server platform anymore.
• Cthulhu_ 10y ago
  Developing on Mac, deploying on Linux, which could be x86 or ARM, etc? MacOS isn't really a server platform, definitely not a cloud OS.
  • freehunter 10y ago
    Case in point, Apple's iCloud runs on basically anything but Apple systems (most notably, IMO, Microsoft Azure).
• gibbitz 10y ago
  Previous investment in Windows architecture for one. Cross operability with locally running Windows applications for another. Unfortunately though there are obvious solutions to these problems, those who make decisions about spending are often not as concerned about doing it right (IE they already invested in Windows). It's a selling point for adoption. I suspected that with Linux Shell in future Windows Servers Kitura will just run there, but I'm sure there will be performance hiccups doing that (at least compared to native environments).
• coldtea 10y ago
  Obviously because you don't want to have servers running OS X?
  • valuearb 10y ago
    Swift on Server runs on a Linux.
    • coldtea 10y ago
      I know that. The parent asked why it matters that it's multi-platform. Hence my answer: that it matters because if it wasn't, then you'd have to run Mac OS X to use Swift on the server side.
• echelon 10y ago
  It matters that the same development tooling is available on Linux.