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You need to reverse the question: why would developers adopt Swift? C# was successful because at the time it appeared people wanted an alternative to Java.

• DeathArrow 7y ago
  C# seems like much better time investment if you want to target many platforms and areas. Now I do business web apps, but previously I did games. Which we published on all app stores + web. I'm also doing web sites. I did cross platform mobile apps with Xamarin. I can do even frontend web thanks to Blazor. I can use C# for embedded work - but that's not my thing. And you can use C# for machine learning, too. With Swift I would be restricted. Which may be fine for some people who like to work only on certain kind of apps, but not for me. Only Rust tempts me to learn and use as a new language.
  • oaiey 7y ago
    For me as a long-term C# fanboy these modern times are hard. C# has benefits now because of the community and wide reach. That was always the argument against C# ;)
    • DeathArrow 7y ago
      I see it picking traction. Probably won't happen in Bay Area but smaller shops worldwide are picking it because it has some advantages. I don't expect it to takeover the world, I just want it to have enough success to keep me earning money and be kept up to date. Which kind of happens. :)