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>programming language developed by Apple Inc

I would be too worried about Apple going full Apple and screwing devs to ever learn Swift.

I think this is a permanent disadvantage for anything B2B.

C#/.Net has done fine despite its birth in a company with a far worse reputation for abandonment. Same for Go.

Java ending up with Oracle was a bit of a worst case scenario as well, yet people still write Java. Exclude languages originating with a big corporate sponsor or owner, and that's half the development ecosystem gone.

Yes, I mean look what just popped up today: "Microsoft Throws in the Towel on UWP, Elevates Win32"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19883351

Before I jumped ship to the Apple ecosystem around 10 years ago, I was even then already sick of Microsoft abandoning or being indecisive about their platforms.

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