If Swift didn't have a non-negotiable -- because of its deployment on Apple platforms -- requirement for strong interop with ObjC, I firmly believe it would hav

If Swift didn't have a non-negotiable -- because of its deployment on Apple platforms -- requirement for strong interop with ObjC, I firmly believe it would have been even more like Rust than it already is. The flexibility that's enabled directly by ObjC's simplicity is just not a goal for Swift.