Saagar Jha > On Aug 17, 2018, at 10:51, Jeremy Hughes <moon.rab...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > >> Of course, the C++ business logic doesn't need any changes. The concern is, >> how long will it last? Seems like the future is an entirely Swift-based API >> that replaces Objective-C Cocoa in 5 years, with no easy way to link to >> other languages. > > Core parts of Webkit are written in C++, so I think you’re safe with that. > > I haven’t tried to interface between Swift and C++, but I think it’s possible > and will probably get easier. You could ask in the Swift forums.
This isn’t currently possible, and would be a huge undertaking since bridging with C++ essentially requires adding the (complex) semantics of C++ to the bridging language. That being said, I think this is something that the Swift core team was interested in. > > I think ObjC will be around for a while, at least the next ten years. > > Jeremy > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/saagar%40saagarjha.com > > This email sent to saa...@saagarjha.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
