Re:Swift Evolution: Actors
by drmidnight on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:42PM
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Personally I find it to be a nice blend of language features that I really enjoy. It's expressive and readable.
If you can find a language that you actually like to work in then why not use it on other platforms?
The dependencies really come down to the Apple frameworks. Ditch those and it's no different than any other general purpose language.
Re:Swift Evolution: Actors
by user-the-name on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:24AM
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I have not seen any "much better choice". Swift is one of the best languages I have ever used on any platform.
> Why would anyone want Swift on other platforms?
Myriad reasons. If—for whatever reason—someone likes to program in Swift, having high-quality implementations available on various platforms is a win.
> Other platforms tend to allow you much better choices.
This assumes an objective measure of programming language goodness. Whether a language is better than Swift is an opinion. Opinions vary.
From the start it seemed to be mostly a product of NIH and the necessity to move away from Objective C while keeping some compatibility. Other platforms tend to allow you much better choices.