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Re:Swift, the new way to build iOS Apps. Here's how by pjmlp on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @12:35PM (#7841197)
I know Objective-C since 1999, when I had to port some software from NeXT to Windows, so I do know a few things about it.

From my point of view, many will jump to Swift if given the chance.

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Re:Swift, the new way to build iOS Apps. Here's how by gress on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:00PM (#7842106)
You are misunderstanding - this isn't about which is better. Almost all new application code will be written in Swif, but swift doesn't bridge between C and the Swift/obj-c runtime, so Objective-C will continue to be required for writing the glue layer.
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Re:Swift, the new way to build iOS Apps. Here's how by pjmlp on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:52PM (#7842341)
Yes it does.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documenta...

Additionally, this is just version 1.0. So nothing rules out that if Apple sees the language being widely adopted, other improvements in the FFI area aren't made.

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Re:Swift, the new way to build iOS Apps. Here's how by gress on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @07:47PM (#7843349)
I stand corrected, and your argument holds, however there is a great deal of objective-c code out there, so it will take a long time to go away.
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Re:Swift, the new way to build iOS Apps. Here's how by weegee101 on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @01:44PM (#7841654)
Yes, and I think people should head to Swift if it fits their needs. That is very different from Objective-C losing support however. Objective-C is not going away.
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