“Swift will be open source later this year”

Re:“Swift will be open source later this year” by charlesdm on Monday June 08, 2015 @02:26PM (#9681087)

What I personally dislike about Swift is the change in mental context when dealing with the combination of C/C++ and Swift code. Plenty of nontrivial apps use significant amounts of C and/or C++ libraries in some way.

The switch when dealing with a combination of C/C++ and Objective-C source was not really a problem. But trying to interface a C++ library into a Swift application is less than a fun experience.

Personally, while the language is fresh and seems pretty good (it has some great additions), I still prefer Objective-C. I guess I'm waiting for better integration with existing libraries.

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Re:“Swift will be open source later this year” by dvanduzer on Monday June 08, 2015 @05:12PM (#9682456)

Do you have any notes on this experience posted somewhere publicly? I'd love to see an overview of the issues between Swift and C++ libraries. (Boost? Not Boost? The nuances of Swift's type system?)

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Re:“Swift will be open source later this year” by MrGando on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @12:29AM (#9684078)

You can't communicate between Swift and C++ right now... it's on their bucket list though :)

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