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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by Hamuko on Saturday January 31, 2026 @06:05PM (#46841818)
A lot of Apple's software is written in Swift now. It's probably not in their interest to abandon the language.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by HaloZero on Saturday January 31, 2026 @06:33PM (#46842028)
I mean they did switch from objective c. At some point they might switch again if it makes sense.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by cube00 on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:28PM (#46842394)
Especially if the promise of coding agents porting between languages is even partially realised it could make it very easy for them to switch.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by hokumguru on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:09PM (#46842235)
I mean, after some almost 40 years. If 40 years from now, hell, even 20, Apple abandoned the language I’m not sure I care about the risk.

And that’s not to say they don’t support objective-c still. It just hasn’t been actively developed with new features.

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