[OT] SWIFT

[Jerry Jensen]

I've been looking at Swift. Its very unlike LC. Its syntax is huge, very powerful and feature-ridden.
Typeless: NOT. Its very strongly typed. Its smart about inferring types, but far from typeless.
Very Fast: probably so. LC is NOT fast at executing, except compared to Hypercard. LC IS faster at development.
Cross platform: NOT.

.Jerry

On Jul 14, 2014, at 1:45 PM, stephen barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:

> Apple is touting this like the second coming....
> 
> but... haven't we been doing this for a while in Revolution/RunRev/Livecode
> ?
> 
> typeless
> just in time compiling
> prefab blocks
> easier than Obj C
> VERY FAST
> " it lets you write code on one side of your computer screen and see the
> results appear on the other side. In other words, you can watch your
> program run as you write it."
> 
> wow. But it might not be cross platform.
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.wired.com/2014/07/apple-swift/?mbid=social_fb
> *--*
> *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words*