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Having written a bit of Swift code on macOS and a bit for iOS, I agree. This language has a very nice flow to it which should appeal to developers. It's hard to explain, but somehow the language is a joy to work in (Xcode also helps with that experience, of course).

If I could use a minimized Swift on embedded, I'd be very happy. Right now I'm just doing C for ESP32 and that sort of thing.

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If you can like it despite using Xcode, then it means the language is really good.

Yeah I was wondering the same! I fondly remember coding swift almost 10 years ago but large part of it was the good integration with Xcode I believe. Seems like they have an OSS LSP so probably that experience translates to other IDEs nowadays

> Coding swift almost 10 years ago.

Umm… Swift was released 9 years ago

Which is ‘almost’ 10 years ago?

I haven't had much problems with Xcode either, coding Swift. It feels (most of the time) very light weight and specialized. Cool UI as well.

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