The examples on the first page of the documentation ( https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Langua

The examples on the first page of the documentation ( https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/TheBasics.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/documenta... ) are: let maximumNumberOfLoginAttempts = 10 // let keyword var currentLoginAttempt = 0 // var keyword var welcomeMessage: String //type postfixed after colon if turnipsAreDelicious { // no parens around if-condition println("Mmm, tasty turnips!") } let http404Error = (404, "Not Found") //tuple println("The status code is \(statusCode)") //interpolated string uses \( ... ) I don't think the syntax looks like Groovy at all!