C++ has similar nomenclature - - the std::algorithms library has generic functions for working with collections: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm htt

C++ has similar nomenclature - - the std::algorithms library has generic functions for working with collections: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm Whether C++ is a good model to follow is another question entirely, of course! But at least Swift isn’t being completely idiosyncratic in its naming choices.