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Why is this downvoted? It's a valid question. Chris Lattner, the creator of Swift, has stated many times his goal of Swift being the best language for all uses.
by greggman3 7y ago
Why is this downvoted? It's a valid question. Chris Lattner, the creator of Swift, has stated many times his goal of Swift being the best language for all uses.
- OJFord 7y agoMaybe one guy's goal isn't the same as 100% corporate buy-in.
- Dahoon 7y agoEither you misquote him or he has no idea what he is talking about. Maybe in a walled garden as Apple's it could come pretty close in many instances but One Language To Rule Them All is naive at best.
- ksec 7y ago>Either you misquote him...... Not parent but no, I wish that was the case, he stated it numerous times and he compare it to scaling from Low Level C to Javascript. That was 3 - 4 years ago. I was extremely sceptical of it because it was unrealistic, that is of course very much against the silicon valley optimistic view so it wasn't a popular opinion. But in a recent interview he has definitely rephrase and said it doesn't need to be the best in everything. Now I have another problem, It is not the best at anything, what is it actually good at? That is why I still think Objective-c is going stay for at least a few more years.
- kungito 7y agoAh yes, a creator of a language wanting his pet language to be the best language for everything. That's a first