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I think without the supporting runtime libraries also being open-source, there isn't any point in open-sourcing the language is there? I mean, look at GNUStep.

• pjmlp 12y ago
  Agreed. I gave up following GNUStep back in 2003, the last time I used WindowMaker as my window manager.
  • 72deluxe 12y ago
    Fond memories. I used to use WindowMaker on my old RH 6.2 system (or was it 7?), maybe even Fedora 1. But I never understood the dock - I was expecting a Windows-style task bar and the dock really isn't that. The fact that it sat beneath other windows meant you had to constantly shift windows to get to it, which I found frustrating. Likely a configuration option? It probably runs excellently on modern hardware, albeit with no GPU acceleration or anything to reduce main CPU cycles.
• threeseed 12y ago
  Actually there is. One of the big selling points of Go is its ability to produce self contained binaries. Swift would share this but also be a language that is more full featured. GNUStep failure is more to do with Objective-C being such an odd language for most people.
  • pjmlp 12y ago
    All compilers that produce native code are capable of producing static executables and libraries. This is only a selling point to developers that mix language with implementation, or never used a native code compiler.