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Swift is useful if you're an Apple developer only targeting Apple users, seems like a bit of a niche.

• AlexeyBrin 9y ago
  Swift works reasonably well on Linux. You can even run Swift on Windows 10 through Windows Subsystem for Linux.
  • beefsack 9y ago
    I tried under Arch a few months ago and found swathes of the standard library didn't appear to work, is this something which has been fixed?
    • AlexeyBrin 9y ago
      AFAIK only the core language is fully ported, for the libraries ... it is a work in progress.
      • jandrese 9y ago
        In other words it is useless currently.
        • AlexeyBrin 9y ago
          Tell that to IBM that uses Swift in production. See IBM's Kitura open source server framework if you are interested.
          • jandrese 9y ago
            They use a language without a standard library in production?
            • AlexeyBrin 9y ago
              I'm sure you can find yourself the answer if you are really interested, here is an example: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3122994/apple-mac/ibm-says-swift-is-now-ready-for-the-enterprise.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/3122994/apple-mac/ibm-s... Or this one https://developer.ibm.com/swift/ https://developer.ibm.com/swift/