I am pretty sure you can sign up without paying - but your code will be limited to running on the simulator. The $99 is to build for device, and submit to the store.
You can't download Beta versions of dev tools without having a paid subscription, only released versions.
I forgot about that, thank you.
Visual Studio isn't free in that regard either. What exactly are you comparing this release to?
http://fsharp.org/use/linux/ feel free to give F# a try. Apple hardware ( or MSFT tax) not required.
VS has non-paid versions. And C# and F# compilers are open source.
Yes, but you need Windows and a Windows PC to run them. I guess you could get Linux for C# and F# but you still need to buy a PC.
Re:Introducing Swift
by CurtHagenlocher on Monday June 02, 2014 @07:20PM
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How are you doing development without a non-mobile OS? But
I imagine http://www.tryfsharp.org/ works even for mobile.
It's crazy how Apple is always so scared to release dev tools, at the end it will be out-there on bittorrent anyway...