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Hmm they said they wanted Swift used everywhere for the next 20 years, they're going to make it open sourced and provide builds for iOS, Mac and Linux...but not
by BinaryIdiot 11y ago
Hmm they said they wanted Swift used everywhere for the next 20 years, they're going to make it open sourced and provide builds for iOS, Mac and Linux...but not Windows which is one of the largest operating systems in the world? I'm guessing they really don't want it used everywhere. Though knowing Microsoft they'll take Swift and implement support for it in Visual Studio.
- candl 11y agoMicrosoft is actually building an Objective-C runtime for Windows 10 aka Project Islandwood as a bridge for iOS apps to run on Windows. https://dev.windows.com/en-us/uwp-bridges/project-islandwood https://dev.windows.com/en-us/uwp-bridges/project-islandwood https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471204 So ironically this announcement might benefit Microsoft a lot.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoAnd if I were Apple, I would not have a problem letting MS foot the bill for the development costs. :)
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoBecause they are probably thinking more in terms of iOS and Android.
- s73v3r 11y agoThey don't really use Windows themselves. They ported it to the platforms they use. Let someone else, probably Microsoft, do it.