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I think the reason swift gets away with it is because it borrows enough from a language you already know that the rest feels like an addition. (eg. Python + tha

by fleitz 12y ago

I think the reason swift gets away with it is because it borrows enough from a language you already know that the rest feels like an addition. (eg. Python + that, C# plus this, OCaml + brackets, c++ plus ARC, ObjC minus square brackets) Also, swift has an API that's familiar to ObjC devs which means it's just changing brackets. It's pretty easy to port a ObjC program to swift line by line.

kolev 12y ago
Working with something familiar is always a good thing. Having something intuitive is a great pleasure for your soul - you memorize generic principles, not specific constructs. I like in rust that they really put abbreviation all across the board consistently. If they use "fn" as a keyword, also system lib is abbreviated similarly "to the max". I don't have to remember is it "string" or "str" - Rust consistency saves time and makes it obvious.