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It's probably fair to say that XCode was a great app 35 and even 25 years ago, an OK app 15 years ago (at that moment it was far behind Visual Studio). Now it's
by sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
It's probably fair to say that XCode was a great app 35 and even 25 years ago, an OK app 15 years ago (at that moment it was far behind Visual Studio).
Now it's completely lagging behind almost everything.
I suppose that working on a same codebase for 35 years is not simple and introduces nearly-unfixable bugs.
The fact that XCode consist of tens of thousands of files (!) and unpacking it on an HDD takes hours, is just a small issue, comparing with others.
The IDE has to be rewritten from scratch. It's unmanageable right now, and has been for years. Apple can't really support it anymore.
- mro_name 5y agoindeed, it shows the same obesity as the company's shareholder value. A big amount of money produces a big amount of things. Conway says, the product resembles the producer. Never expect lean things from big corps, no matter how slick the name.
- hughrr 5y agoI think that’s coming. The push for swift will drive it.
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- saagarjha 5y ago> tens of thousands of files Try half a million.
- flohofwoe 5y ago...and most of this in platform SDKs, which could easily be installed separately.