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>Will Swift unseat Javascript as the only viable web scripting language by adding interpreter to Safari? Adding Swift to Safari would be an interesting develop
by imron 12y ago
>Will Swift unseat Javascript as the only viable web scripting language by adding interpreter to Safari?
Adding Swift to Safari would be an interesting development
- kennyledet 12y ago>only viable But wait, since when was Safari the only viable web browser anyway? Disclaimer: I'm an Apple fanboy and rMBP user.
- imron 12y agoSafari isn't the only viable web browser. Javascript is the only viable webscripting language in browsers.
- rezistik 12y agoAbout as interesting as adding Dart to Chrome. Except with none of the market share.
- masters3d 12y agoOnly every iPhone and iPad out there.
- oblio 12y agoAwesome. Let us make Apple-only sites! /sarcasm
- tomelders 12y agoI would imagine there would be a javascript transpiler so the browser can request .js or .swift file depending on its own capabilities. As a web dev myself, I'd love this solution.
- orbitur 12y agoLet's be honest, though. Apple ignoring Flash on iOS did help move the whole web ecosystem away from Flash.
- imron 12y agoBut with a whole lot of 'developer share' that Dart doesn't have.
- tomelders 12y agoWhen I saw how quickly playgrounds compile and run, this was my very first thought. The fact that Apple announced FTL compiling for javascript just prior to announcing swift makes me wonder wether Apple has plans to make swift the new lingua Franca.