Re:Swift 5 Release Notes for Xcode 10.2
by zapzupnz on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @01:00AM
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> the point of using swift is to be faster than Python
There are plenty of other compelling reasons to prefer Swift over Python such as its type system or its easy, somewhat native, integration with existing Swift, Objective-C, and C frameworks available for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
Speed isn't the only driver, and I'm sure not it's not "the [only] point".
There are plenty of other compelling reasons to prefer Swift over Python such as its type system or its easy, somewhat native, integration with existing Swift, Objective-C, and C frameworks available for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
Speed isn't the only driver, and I'm sure not it's not "the [only] point".