Apple launches a new programming language

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

So today at WWDC, Apple launched Swift, a new programming language poised to replace Objective-C as the main programming language on Apple's platforms like iOS and OS X.

It is going to use the same LLVM compile and runtime as Apple's  Objective-C implementation, this means that the two can live side-by-side in the same app.

Swift provides access to every Cocoa and Cocoa Touch features that developers are currently using from Objective-C.

Apple says that it is meant to "Unify the procedural and object-oriented portions of the language".It diverges from Objective-C in the syntax and more than that.

Swift features variable types like tuples and optional types.

Some of the highlights are :  

• Closures(similar to blocks in objective-C) unified with function pointers
• Tuples and multiple return values
• Generics
• Fast and concise iteration over a range or collection
• Structs that support methods, protocols and extensions
• Functional programming patterns

Apple notes how the language has variables that have to be initialized before use, arrays and integers that are checked for overflow and automatic memory management, all that because Swift was designed for "safety"

Swift is going to be integrated into Apple's updated Xcode IDE.A cool feature is that is is going to have an interactive "Playground" that allows you to edit the code and watch the changes in real time.Also the debugging console of Xcode now natively supports Swift syntax .

 

 

 

 

 

[Rheinwasser]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/160850-apple-releases-new-programming-language/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/160885-apple-has-a-new-programming-language-called-swift-and-it-totally-rules/

[Guest]

hmmm

[dragosudeki]

Couldn't they just have upgraded the Objective-C?

[Sharif]

haaaaaa

[terrytek]

I was pretty sure this is a repost. I saw it somewhere else on LTT in GD.

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

I didn't see that post, excuse me for doing a repost, and if there are any Moderators/ Administrators online, they can delete this thread.

[terrytek]

I didn't see that post, excuse me for doing a repost, and if there are any Moderators/ Administrators online, they can delete this thread.

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