Apple's Swift climbs quickly in language popularity
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The first ten years are not indicative.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
Sigh. Repeat after me, "Tire-kicking is not 'popularity'"
"Anything sourced to Tiobe isn't worth reporting."FTFY All abuse aside, in the next few years I do expect it to largely displace Objective-C in iOS mobile for the same reasons that Java/C# dominate C++ in Android/WindowsPhone apps. 99% of the time the baggage that native code imposes in increased development difficulty isn't worth the minimal performance gain in software with a user/network speed bottleneck.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
Sigh. Repeat after me, "Tire-kicking is not 'popularity'"
"Anything sourced to Tiobe isn't worth reporting."FTFY All abuse aside, in the next few years I do expect it to largely displace Objective-C in iOS mobile for the same reasons that Java/C# dominate C++ in Android/WindowsPhone apps. 99% of the time the baggage that native code imposes in increased development difficulty isn't worth the minimal performance gain in software with a user/network speed bottleneck.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Very true, and I agree with you. But it's Beta 3 , and not likely even baked for months. (read that in a whiny voice)
TTFN - Kent