> On Oct 11, 2019, at 9:09 PM, Kirk Kerekes via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > It is my inference that Swift arose out of a perceived need for a language > that strongly inhibited bad/lazy/sloppy programming practices, and yet looked > “normal”.
Here is my take. I think Swift came from the mind of Chris Lattner who showed it to management and they loved the idea. It was made possible by the power and flexibility of the LLVM compiler. --Richard Charles _______________________________________________ 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
