Swift is a more convenient Rust

Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by hn-acct on Saturday January 31, 2026 @11:56PM (#46843733)

Just forget everything you've learned about it previously, use 6.2+, non isolated by default and every upcoming feature turned on. And your intuition will be spot on.

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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by apt-apt-apt-apt on Sunday February 01, 2026 @01:31AM (#46844099)

Can you explain a bit more on what changed with 6.2+ that is now better?

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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by saagarjha on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:45AM (#46844882)

Far fewer actor hops by default which usually makes it easier to write correct code

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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by hn-acct on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:06AM (#46846676)

https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/propo...

All of these changes improve the ergonomics of async/await. Fewer hops and a better alignment of when one would expect a hop to occur.

https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/propo...

async defer is nice too but it's not in the 6.2 public release AFAICT.

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