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Swift does run on other platforms. Though I don't know how it does on Windows. Metal on Windows would not help much because the GPU hardware is what's differen
by astrange 3y ago
Swift does run on other platforms. Though I don't know how it does on Windows.
Metal on Windows would not help much because the GPU hardware is what's different.
- londons_explore 3y ago> Metal on Windows would not help much because the GPU hardware is what's different. A metal compatibility layer would encourage developers to start using it for games etc. Doesn't really matter if it performs a little worse - it just has to work.
- pjmlp 3y agoThey already use it, most middleware engines have Metal support.
- curling_grad 3y ago> Metal on Windows would not help much because the GPU hardware is what's different. Apple shipped Intel Macs with Intel/AMD GPUs until quite recently, so hardware might not matter significantly.