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I kinda wish it did actually catch on outside the Apple ecosystem. I like the language quite a bit, but since I no longer program for MacOS even peripherally, I
by ein0p 2y ago
I kinda wish it did actually catch on outside the Apple ecosystem. I like the language quite a bit, but since I no longer program for MacOS even peripherally, I don't get to use it. But I'm afraid it's going to need a miracle at this point, Rust and Go have a massive, insurmountable lead on non-Apple platforms. It could be argued that Swift's catching on outside macOS would be very good for Apple, by expanding the pool of developers proficient in Swift, and removing the friction towards people using their Linux code on Apple systems. But Apple is blessed with an AppStore which is not a complete dumpster fire, so they probably don't feel the need to do any of that, and feel like they'd be sinking millions into an initiative that has zero chance of success.