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Swift is a LLVM frontend, as long it does compiles source code to the LLVM-IR, all of the LLVM "ecosystem" in the backend applies here.. so its pretty much mult
by oscargrouch 12y ago
Swift is a LLVM frontend, as long it does compiles source code to the LLVM-IR, all of the LLVM "ecosystem" in the backend applies here.. so its pretty much multiplatform by now, since LLVM compiles to virtually all platforms and OS's..
Only Apple specific Api's wouldnt be available.. but even this.. there are always obj-c clones here and there for the apis..
So once they release the source for the Swift frontend, the possibilities for the Swift code are endless
- chc 12y agoThe Swift standard library is Cocoa. Swift might be able to compile for all platforms through LLVM, but without the runtime and standard library, what use is the compiled code?