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Can someone explain what it means for a language like this to be open source? I sort of get it for Python, means you can download the C files and mess with the

Can someone explain what it means for a language like this to be open source? I sort of get it for Python, means you can download the C files and mess with them. But isn't Swift written in like Assembly?

robgibbons 11y ago
It's potentially great news. It means I potentially don't need to own a Macbook Pro and use XCode just to build apps for iOS. Fuck that shit.
- rhodysurf 11y ago
  Not necessarily. Objective C is open and available on other platforms but you still need Apple Hardware to compile for iOS. I think the biggest issue here is the Cocoa libraries and the signature process.
- s73v3r 11y ago
  Ummm, you still need a Mac to do so. Just like you need Windows to make Windows apps.
  - jbk 11y ago
    You don't need Windows to make Windows apps. MingW and Wine work very fine on Linux.
    - s73v3r 11y ago
      I wouldn't be willing to trust that as a substitute for a real machine running the target OS.