Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift

Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by realusername on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:42AM (#36028497)

> The standard library is becoming cross-platform as we discuss it here.

I'd argue that it's too late already, the ship has sailed, Swift is heading the same way as C#.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by qaq on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:37AM (#36028818)

Is there an alternative with similar features and ergonomics? I am def. not aware of one.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by realusername on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:26AM (#36029089)

For which purpose? It depends what you want to do with it.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by qaq on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @09:04AM (#36043663)

Well lang features do not really depend on the purpose the 3d party libs do. Let's say the purpose is web services.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by realusername on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @10:29AM (#36044849)

I doubt the web story in swift is that strong anyways, I'd pick python, ruby or php.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by ohgodplsno on Monday May 22, 2023 @09:37AM (#36031313)

I'm having a hard time seeing Swift becoming a well-respected and easily considered language for your next project. The sheer lack of anything outside of what Apple has made already makes it a non starter. In comparison, .Net is absolutely amazing.

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