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I don't think Swift's success is gated by Apple execs. If it's a tool developers value and the ecosystem brings it to other platforms, it will succeed there. Sw
by enos_feedler 7y ago
I don't think Swift's success is gated by Apple execs. If it's a tool developers value and the ecosystem brings it to other platforms, it will succeed there. Swift is just a programming language.
- kkarakk 7y agoApple is the primary driver of swift. There is literally no adoption of the language outside Apple for business purposes. Saying it's "just a programming language" is meaningless. It's reached version 5.0 and still doesn't have stable support for linux or any support for windows.