The identitiy is clear, it is a language first and foremost for Apple ecosystems.
It also needs to target GNU/Linux, because Apple got rid of their server offerings, thus anyone doing server code for applications on the Apple ecosystem, that wants to stay in a single language needs to be able to write such software on GNU/Linux with Swift.
Windows well, since they have the open source story, it kind of falls from there as complement.
On the revamped website they are quite clear about the identity.
Cloud Services, CLI and Embedded as the main targets for the open source version.
Re:The Top Programming Languages 2025
by b_e_n_t_o_n on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:37AM
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Have you tried it since 6.2 came out with approachable concurrency enabled? The compiler is quite useful.
Re:The Top Programming Languages 2025
by airstrike on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:41AM
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No, I think I stopped using it in 5-something. Will try to play with it again to see how it feels these days, thank you.
Though I must admit it's hard for me to imagine using anything other than Rust for 90% of projects.
Re:The Top Programming Languages 2025
by b_e_n_t_o_n on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:17AM
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I'm the same but opposite, I like Rust but find myself using Swift most of the time. They sort of do the same thing but coming from opposite directions. Can't go wrong with either imo.
I really do wanna try Kotlin at some point as well. Rust, Kotlin, and Swift feel like the future of languages to me.
I've since moved to Rust and have not looked back. Importantly, rust-analyzer runs circles around the Swift VSCode plugin (or Xcode for that matter)