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Swift lives only for macOS,iOS and besides those ecosystems does not have a solid and robust ecosystem to be used for anything else. It's a shame but it for su

Swift lives only for macOS,iOS and besides those ecosystems does not have a solid and robust ecosystem to be used for anything else. It's a shame but it for sure needs BigTech for it to be used anywhere else.

hirvi74 8mo ago
I still have hope Swift will break free like C# has. I hope one day something like Vapor or Kitura takes off.
- mathverse 8mo ago
  If Swift was paired with smh like QT/GTK (could have replaced Vala) it would've been interesting.
  - classified 8mo ago
    smh?
    - velocity3230 8mo ago
      "something"
      - steve1977 8mo ago
        Wouldn't that be smth and smh is "shaking my head"? I'm not a native English speaker, just interested in the vernacular.
  - presbyterian 8mo ago
    It has been: https://www.swift.org/blog/adwaita-swift/ https://www.swift.org/blog/adwaita-swift/
- steve1977 8mo ago
  I guess what Swift misses compared to C# is enterprise usage.
  - hirvi74 8mo ago
    I take what I said back then. I hope Swift never breaks out and is spared the fate of enterprise usage.