What's the advantage of Swift over Rust if I'm looking at ditching C++ on a project that has nothing to do with Apple's ecosystem?
Currently the top two comments suggest that Swift looks compelling for this use case, but I don't really see it.
Currently the top two comments suggest that Swift looks compelling for this use case, but I don't really see it.
This is in contrast to Rust, where more explicit memory management makes GUI frameworks a bit tedious. Rust is more explicit and gives lower-level of control, but borrow checking favors simple code over abstract interfaces.
To me Swift is more like native TypeScript, and a more practical alternative to JavaScript and Python for app development. Rust is a more direct replacement for C++, because it offers similar level of performance and control over every byte in the program.
Rust's compiler doesn't dare to insert any implicit allocations or non-trivial code itself, and will make programmer make every choice intentionally. Swift's compiler does whatever it takes to implement whatever abstraction it presents.