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Re:Brad Cox has died by jcfields on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:11AM (#25882747)
Swift uses the Objective-C runtime.
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Re:Brad Cox has died by pjmlp on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:46AM (#25883723)
Swift can uses the Objective-C runtime for interoperability with Objective-C code, just like .NET uses COM on Windows.

They need to interoperate with the rest of the platform.

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Re:Brad Cox has died by microtherion on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:42AM (#25882994)
Swift is tiptoeing between static and dynamic typing, preferring the former when feasible, but often needing some of the latter when dealing with the UI.
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