Re:Swift architecture at Uber
by coldtea on Thursday April 27, 2017 @03:26AM
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>None of those things seem particularly modern to me. Does swift actually have any concepts that weren't already implemented in other languages by say, 1980?
Modern for mainstream languages. Non-mainstream languages are irrelevant to the discussion, since nobody cares about theme except niche industries, hobbyists and academics...
>but the flip side is - why not learn older, simpler, more mature languages that already have those concepts?
Because those languages are not tied to a $50 billion app industry or have major adoption and increased support.
Modern for mainstream languages. Non-mainstream languages are irrelevant to the discussion, since nobody cares about theme except niche industries, hobbyists and academics...
>but the flip side is - why not learn older, simpler, more mature languages that already have those concepts?
Because those languages are not tied to a $50 billion app industry or have major adoption and increased support.