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Why "written in Swift" is of any importance to be in the title?

by milani 7y ago

e1ven 7y ago
Its OSS. The language is good to know for anyone who might be interested in assisting.
Razengan 7y ago
The same reason other projects mention "in Rust" "in Haskell" etc.
- milani 7y ago
  Well, I dont get them as well.
  - Razengan 7y ago
    Do you get it when some app or game says which operating system it's for?
    - cassianoleal 7y ago
      Apples and oranges. As a user, I need to know which operating system an app runs on, otherwise I might not be able to run it. The language used to write it plays no role in that.
      - Razengan 7y ago
        This is an open source project, where you need to know if you know how to edit/fix/compile it if needed.
        dividedbyzero 7y ago
        I use (directly or indirectly) thousands of OS projects. I can do those things for a handful, and maybe a few dozen in theory. I wouldn't stop using lots of great utilities just because I don't know Go.
viraptor 7y ago
Not sure about this specific app, (it's unlikely to be heavy) but it's a nice indicator of "native". As opposed to yet another electron / java / whatever heavy runtime app.
_jal 7y ago
Same reason you see engine details mentioned when talking about cars at car forums.
- wingerlang 7y ago
  Engines are part of the user experience in the car though, ObjC/Swift wouldn't matter here.
  - asutekku 7y ago
    Kind of does considering it is a native application, not written in javascript, python, java or some else not as performant in the context of macs.
  - wander_homer 7y ago
    Of course the choice of programming language can be part of the user experience. It directly affects CPU time and memory usage, it hints at how well the platform integration is and how big the download size is going to be. If the title said "Hidden Bar: macOS utility to hide unused menubar icons, written in JS (Electron)", I wouldn't even have considered clicking the link to read more about the project, let alone install the software, because an Electron based software to do such a minor thing like hiding menu items is never going to deliver an acceptable user experience for me.
    - milani 7y ago
      Although I got down votes, but I dont regret my question. Now I know why it is important for people to mention the language of a project. It makes sense now.
  - rsynnott 7y ago
    well, I mean, in that it’s not some JavaScript nonsense that gobbles a GB or so of ram for no readily explicable reason, it is pretty important to the user experience.
yborg 7y ago
HN: HackerNews Please don't mention anything related to software development, this upsets the hackers.

Why "written in Swift" is of any importance to be in the title?

by milani 7y ago

Why "written in Swift" is of any importance to be in the title?

e1ven 7y ago

Its OSS. The language is good to know for anyone who might be interested in assisting.

Razengan 7y ago

The same reason other projects mention "in Rust" "in Haskell" etc.

milani 7y ago
Well, I dont get them as well.
- Razengan 7y ago
  Do you get it when some app or game says which operating system it's for?
  - cassianoleal 7y ago
    Apples and oranges. As a user, I need to know which operating system an app runs on, otherwise I might not be able to run it. The language used to write it plays no role in that.
    - Razengan 7y ago
      This is an open source project, where you need to know if you know how to edit/fix/compile it if needed.
      - dividedbyzero 7y ago
        I use (directly or indirectly) thousands of OS projects. I can do those things for a handful, and maybe a few dozen in theory. I wouldn't stop using lots of great utilities just because I don't know Go.

viraptor 7y ago

Not sure about this specific app, (it's unlikely to be heavy) but it's a nice indicator of "native". As opposed to yet another electron / java / whatever heavy runtime app.

_jal 7y ago

Same reason you see engine details mentioned when talking about cars at car forums.

wingerlang 7y ago
Engines are part of the user experience in the car though, ObjC/Swift wouldn't matter here.
- asutekku 7y ago
  Kind of does considering it is a native application, not written in javascript, python, java or some else not as performant in the context of macs.
- wander_homer 7y ago
  Of course the choice of programming language can be part of the user experience. It directly affects CPU time and memory usage, it hints at how well the platform integration is and how big the download size is going to be. If the title said "Hidden Bar: macOS utility to hide unused menubar icons, written in JS (Electron)", I wouldn't even have considered clicking the link to read more about the project, let alone install the software, because an Electron based software to do such a minor thing like hiding menu items is never going to deliver an acceptable user experience for me.
  - milani 7y ago
    Although I got down votes, but I dont regret my question. Now I know why it is important for people to mention the language of a project. It makes sense now.
- rsynnott 7y ago
  well, I mean, in that it’s not some JavaScript nonsense that gobbles a GB or so of ram for no readily explicable reason, it is pretty important to the user experience.

yborg 7y ago

HN: HackerNews Please don't mention anything related to software development, this upsets the hackers.