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What is the 'swift syndrome'?
by octocoupler 11y ago
What is the 'swift syndrome'?
- msie 11y agoFor me, the swift language is becoming dangerously like Scala. It's becoming a really large language syntax-wise. Trying to incorporate too many features.
- uknj 11y agoI would imagine based on the context of the sentence, that as JetBrains are taking their time with the language, they aren't rushing through developing it further and making mistakes etc. But I could be wrong.
- y4mi 11y agoprobably hyping the language beyond reason, despite it being an unfinished product at that time. but the hype was mostly done by the apple disciples iirc, so it might be a little unfair to hold that against the language.
- J0-onas 11y agoIm guessing making somwhat radical decision that are not backwards compatible. However, Python 2/3 is a better example for breaking backwards compatibility.
- DennisP 11y agoI just started learning Swift, and I keep running into stackoverflow answers saying "Here's how it worked in 1.0. In 1.2 you have to do this instead. But in 2.0 you do it this other way."
- dodyg 11y agoSwift was developed in secret and launched to unsuspecting public in near 'complete' status in 2014 then a 1.2 version quickly followed. Now it is version 2.0 after one year of launch. That is some serious version inflation. Kotlin was developed in the open from much of its development and you can see how the language evolves based on the feedback of early adopters. There is no rush to 1.0 until they feel they got the right mix of features. I just think the way Jetbrains approached the development of the language is more responsible and it bodes well for future iteration of the language.