Apple Releases New Programming Language: Swift

[glenfordwilliams]

Apple triggered much buzz among computer enthusiasts when they released Swift, a new programming language to create iOS and Mac OS X apps. The new language is designed to be modern, fast, and easier to learn than the code commonly used today.
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[owen]

would not touch it with a stick. but here is a better link; https://developer.apple.com/swift/

[Satanforce]

Saw var for creating variables. I immediately thought Javascript, then closed the page.

[wiel]

Saw var for creating variables. I immediately thought Javascript, then closed the page.

its probably for implicit types like in c# but you probably like writing out the whole type name

[Satanforce]

its probably for implicit types like in c# but you probably like writing out the whole type name

OK. You have any experience developing fro Cocoa API. I wss thinking about developing for the App Store atonepoint.

[wiel]

OK. You have any experience developing fro Cocoa API. I wss thinking about developing for the App Store atonepoint.

no, I don't have a Mac so it wouldn't make sense even trying

[glenfordwilliams]

the syntax looks alot cleaner that objective-c so i think id try it out if is made not necessarily open source but cross platform