On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 16:02:18 UTC, Joakim wrote:
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Server Swift might really end up as a niche within a niche.
Or it might end up becoming really popular, as a compiled,
modern language that can be used on mobile and the server.
I don't really care how Swift does or follow it, but it will be
competition for D, as it has generics, unlike Go, and doesn't
have Rust's unfamiliar syntax or stringent emphasis on memory
safety. It's an up-and-coming competitor for D people to watch
out for.
With Apple behind it, it might become popular, but not
necessarily in the OSS community. What if Apple started to make
their own Apple specific extensions that are not open sourced and
have to be backengineered on Linux. Then Swift would end up like
OpenStep, wouldn't it?
