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I find it interesting that they’re not developing it in the open yet. Lattner is an open source fan, I believe it will be open sourced eventually, but maybe th
by tambourine_man 3y ago
I find it interesting that they’re not developing it in the open yet.
Lattner is an open source fan, I believe it will be open sourced eventually, but maybe the early Swift development was traumatizing. Just a guess.
- veidr 3y agoSwift wasn't initially open-source either. I remember this because I was like, nope fuck that shit until it's open source so I never touched Swift until Swift 2.0 when they open sourced it. (Actually IIRC I started learning it when they promised to open source it later that same year. So the actual moment of open-sourcing might have been slightly later.)
- tambourine_man 3y agoSure, it was a secret project at Apple and a surprise even to a lot of employees. I meant when they actually opened the gates. My recollection is that they were overwhelmed by the feedback and community building.