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> […] the so-called “precursor programming languages” like C++ or Obj-C. Like if there were no other languages before C++ or Obj-C, eh? What about C? Or Fortra

> […] the so-called “precursor programming languages” like C++ or Obj-C. Like if there were no other languages before C++ or Obj-C, eh? What about C? Or Fortran? Or Ada? Speaking of Ada… > Apple was one of the companies at the time that recognised the need for a safer, modern alternative to these languages. People recognised need for safer languages way before Swift was created.

pjmlp 3y ago
Since 1958 actually, had UNIX not been originally available as free beer, C wouldn't have taken over the world.
keyle 3y ago
Swift is a very modern language and very few languages get close to its safety. Rust does and goes beyond, Zig probably is very similar.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Zig doesn't protect against UAF. What Swift offers in safety is already available in Lisp, D, Ada, OCaml, Haskell, Delphi, among many others, for a few decades.
  - keyle 3y ago
    Thanks, I had to look up UAF: use after free.
- saagarjha 3y ago
  Rust > Swift >> Zig when it comes to memory safety.
ben_w 3y ago
I remember my dad complaining about the invention of Ada and how bad it was, designed by committee, etc. At least, I think it was Ada. Can't ask any more, he was born in '39, we scattered his ashes nearly a decade ago.