IBM was working on it for a while... IBM Stops Work on Swift — Q&A with Chris Bailey :: https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/01/ibm-stop-work-swift-server/ https:/

IBM was working on it for a while... IBM Stops Work on Swift — Q&A with Chris Bailey :: https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/01/ibm-stop-work-swift-server/ https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/01/ibm-stop-work-swift-serve... ( 43 points | 3 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22175652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22175652 ) In this (and highlighted in a comment) there's a quote: > Swift benefits greatly from being an embedded part of Apple's ecosystem, but it also provides challenges for its organic growth as there's a lot of dependency on Apple for capabilities that the server ecosystem requires. For example, almost all Swift developers use Apple's Xcode as their IDE and it has fantastic support for developing for iOS devices, including the ability to run locally in emulator environments. It would be great to add support for writing server code that allows developers to develop directly into containerized environments from their local IDE by supporting the simple integration into Xcode of development tools such as Appsody. Where there is open governance and open ecosystems, it enables the community to contribute and to solve the problems and use cases that are important to them. Same timeframe: IBM Stops Server Side Swift Framework Development - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808619 (156 points | 97 comments) --- From earlier times: Introducing the IBM Swift Sandbox - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10676655 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10676655 (246 points | 59 comments) IBM says Swift is ready for the enterprise - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12581250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12581250 (176 points| 226 comments)