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wtd

Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:47 am


Here's to hoping...

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It looks like Apple might just take functional programming and make it a huge commercial success with [url=https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/TheBasics.html]Swift

Apparently the guy who headed the project even wants to use it as an intro CS language!


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Zren

Thu Jun 05, 2014 1:32 pm


RE:Here\'s to hoping...

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Is it Mac only? Or is there plans to port it to other OSes? Heard about it on hacker news.


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Tony

Thu Jun 05, 2014 1:46 pm


RE:Here\'s to hoping...

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Do OS X and iOS count as two operating systems? ;)


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Srlancelot39

Thu Jun 05, 2014 1:59 pm


RE:Here\'s to hoping...

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I dislike how they allow any symbol to entered into the editor, especially as part of a variable name.  I didn't even know there were characters of a dog's and cow's head O_o
While Swift seems to have a lot of similarities to C, it sure seems "easier" than Turing in other aspects...
Looks cool overall though.


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Tony

Thu Jun 05, 2014 2:24 pm


RE:Here\'s to hoping...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode and many programming languages will allow non-ASCII symbols. Keep in mind that for most people, English is not their primary language.


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wtd

Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:05 pm


RE:Here\'s to hoping...

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If it takes off someone will probably write a GCC frontend for Swift.