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The best stuff that we're not going to get, is everything above the STL, but I doubt anyone is expecting that Foundation/Cocoa are going to get open sourced any

by cmsj 11y ago

The best stuff that we're not going to get, is everything above the STL, but I doubt anyone is expecting that Foundation/Cocoa are going to get open sourced any time soon :)

glandium 11y ago
and all the IDE sugar from Xcode.
- cmsj 11y ago
  What kind of sugar do you mean?
  - rdsnsca 11y ago
    Playgrounds most likely are one.
    - cmsj 11y ago
      Sure, but they are so tightly integrated with Xcode. It would be very hard to open source anything meaningful there, I suspect.
      - rdsnsca 11y ago
        You are probably right, its a shame though as Xcode 7 will basically let you write a book , with the new multi page playground feature.
terhechte 11y ago
Well, a good part of Foundation (Core Foundation) is already open source: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-855.17/ http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-855.17/
- cmsj 11y ago
  A good point, thanks!
pixxa 11y ago
"Best stuff" depends on who "we" are... Here are some other users who may feel they are getting the "best stuff": Compiler designers, programming language researchers, or even CS students the Swift core is a fount of of information to learn from, modify, experiment. Teachers whose school could not afford Macs. They can now use Swift on cheap Linux machines, and eventually on Windows. ...