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Why Apple's Swift might be the new BASIC, and that's no small thing

• zwieback 12y ago
  Why mention BASIC in the title but not in the article? Also, how can Swift be the new BASIC if it's Apple-only?
  • mstolpm 12y ago
    Why mention BASIC in the title but not in the article? There are multiple references to BASIC in the article on page 2 and 3. Also, how can Swift be the new BASIC if it's Apple-only? Of course, being Apple-only may hurd widespread adoption, but judging from the HN submissions on Swift right now, the language seems to attract a lot of developers and might be a good fit for casual programmers less interested in a "write once, run everywhere" model and more in just bringing an app to iOS.
    • zwieback 12y ago
      Ah, thanks. Didn't even see the buttons down there.