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Because Chris Lattner wanted to use Swift. Doesn't matter anyway, it's a google project, it will be abandoned before 2022
by JustFinishedBSG 7y ago
Because Chris Lattner wanted to use Swift.
Doesn't matter anyway, it's a google project, it will be abandoned before 2022
- 72deluxe 7y agoSad but true. The adoption of a rapidly-changing language (Swift) mostly under the control of a company that doesn't mind breaking things from one year to the next (Apple) being used by a company that abandons projects monthly (Google) sounds like a waste of time and effort for developer investment.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoChris will leave 2023/2024 and then a related project will iterate to Julia around 2025. If people start working with Julia now, they'll be able to pick up that wave when it happens. (I honestly can't tell if this is snark or a realistic and plausible prediction.)
- p_l 7y agoHe already left...