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Re:Apple’s Use of Swift in iOS 13 by apple4ever on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:45AM (#21092544)
> Swift feels like a Frankenstein language though, there are so many keywords

That's a big reason why I don't like it. I also can't stand func, let, and var. Because func and var are totally useless, and let is the wrong word (should be const at least).

There is also all the question marks and other confusing syntax.

Re:Apple’s Use of Swift in iOS 13 by pjmlp on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:04AM (#21092762)
let is the right word given the historical background of functional programming languages.