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Re:Introducing Swift by United857 on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:23PM (#7835510)
Is there anything to stop a independent implementation? Like C#/.Net and Mono?
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Re:Introducing Swift by yulaow on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:31PM (#7835589)
Well if the core of the language is licensed and closed source (is it?) and they do not make a standard iso, it's really problematic to reimplement it in another platform. Both from a legal that from a technical pov.
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Re:Introducing Swift by nothiggs on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:36PM (#7835644)
Just look at the latest ruling on Oracle vs. Google using Java...
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Re:Introducing Swift by _random_ on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:42PM (#7835718)
No point?
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Re:Introducing Swift by tenken on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:36PM (#7835655)
horrible adoption?
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