I actually like to try to encourage people not to compare Swift's instability period to any expectations people might have based on other languages, because tha

I actually like to try to encourage people not to compare Swift's instability period to any expectations people might have based on other languages, because that emphasizes the common desire that APIs should be brought to stability as fast as possible, never to experience another breaking change. I can't express enough how happy I am with the "severity" of Swift's updates. Even if it means breaking changes over a long period, I'm ecstatic to see it, because the more we allow dramatic changes, the better the language becomes (assuming the changes are good and thoughtful, which I think they have been). It gives me hope, because most languages strike me as having many problems.