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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by huangc10 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:29PM (#14605973)
> "Chris just wasn't the right fit for Tesla, and we've decided to make a change," Tesla said Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.

I wonder what "wasn't the right fit" meant for Chris' scenario. Did he walk away or was he let go because of team or company dynamics? Or was he not the right fit for the job? It'll be interesting as it can provide insight in company culture of Tesla vs. Apple.

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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:54PM (#14606232)
Guessing as well — Tesla hired him for rock-star-coder cred, then found they actually don't need tools-work.
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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by macinjosh on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:33PM (#14606014)
My guess, which I have no evidence for, is that Tesla likes to move fast (autonomous vehicle by end of '17) and at Apple he had a lot more time to focus on projects like Swift for longer periods of time.
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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by hacker_9 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:43PM (#14606114)
Questionable. I would describe Swift as 'move fast' too, judging by the fact there is breaking changes [1] every release.

[1] http://blog.xebia.com/breaking-changes-swift-4/

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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by jack9 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @02:31PM (#14606623)
That's not uncommon for new languages. Swift is definitely not in the "move fast" column, even taking that into consideration.
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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by valuearb on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:11PM (#14607455)
Less than 4 years to become the dominant language for iOS development, thats pretty fast.
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Re:Swift Creator Chris Lattner Leaves Tesla After Only Six M... by suyash on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @05:55PM (#14608297)
When you have a company like Apple backing it - anything can become dominant (at least till now).
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