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Re:Swift Proposal: Move Function by hota_mazi on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:26PM (#32267542)
> 8 years later, it's safe to say it's not the language of choice for the new kernel or driver code, not the one for the hot new web framework and it's not replacing Python

Rust has become all that, and for a change, I am happy to observe that we're stuck with a pretty good language.

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Re:Swift Proposal: Move Function by tambourine_man on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:25PM (#32268338)
Not quite a Python replacement, but yeah, Rust hits a really interesting spot on the language spectrum.

I sense a lot of Rust envy among Swift people. Just my impression, of course. They have much in common, but I think Rust has more merits on its own, particularly in memory management.

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Re:Swift Proposal: Move Function by hota_mazi on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:50PM (#32272959)
Your remark is particularly timely since a Swift proposal to add a move() function just came out.

Basically, a timid but interesting step to get Swift to move toward ownership semantics, on top of its current Arc based memory management.

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