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269 mentions on Hacker News by 203 people: 58 stories, 211 comments · first 2015-12-03 · latest 2026-03-26

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  1. …of (C#, Swift and Kotlin all have a notion of this sort) Swift's Optional is a library type: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/cor... Though the compiler is aware of it and it does have language-level support (nil,…
    comment by masklinn · 2016-09-05 · in Hello, I’m Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers
  2. …this issue began at least 10 months ago, according to the "Concurrency" proposal in the repository: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/proposals/Co... The news here is really an update that they're still thinking about it and…
    comment by gilgoomesh · 2016-07-30 · in Looking back on Swift 3 and ahead to Swift 4
  3. …fixed within a day[2]. [1]: https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/04/26/swift-long-compile-... [2]: https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/2cdd7d64e1e2add7bcfd54...
    comment by Sean1708 · 2016-07-17 · in Exponential time complexity in the Swift type checker
  4. …how debug descriptions are generated by checking conformance to a series of protocols in turn [1]: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/1e2d192b61c9003d8b8a8593... My understanding is that this is more limited in Rust, though I'm not too…
    comment by millstone · 2016-07-05 · in Ask HN: Rust or Swift for system programming?
  5. ▲ 2
    PS4 support for Swift
    story by adamnemecek · 2016-06-28 · 0 comments
  6. It looks like the 3.0 preview [1] was committed ~11 minutes ago. [1] https://github.com/apple/swift/releases/tag/swift-3.0-PREVIE...
    comment by _isus · 2016-06-13 · in Swift 3
  7. I don't see anything on GitHub [1] yet, but it is on apple.com. An announcement coming soon? [1] https://github.com/apple/swift/releases Edit: added GitHub link.
    comment by _isus · 2016-06-13 · in Swift 3
  8. Here’s your explanation: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/ErrorHandlin... There has been discussion about statically typed errors on the evolution mailing list — some core team members said they may look into in the future…
    comment by joewillsher · 2016-05-19 · in Swift: Things I really wanted that won’t make it
  9. …types, and dispatching (dynamic) protocol methods (and other witnesses, like computed properties). https://github.com/apple/swift/tree/master/stdlib/public/run...
    comment by joewillsher · 2016-05-16 · in Winding down the Swift 3 release
  10. …Here's what's lining up to become Swift 4.0's concurrency support (all the concurrency models!): https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/proposals/Co... .
    comment by lobster_johnson · 2016-05-09 · in Swift Programming Language Evolution
  11. This gets you pretty close: https://github.com/apple/swift/pulls?q=is%3Apr+SE-
    comment by jayrhynas · 2016-05-08 · in Implemented proposals for Swift 3
  12. …master [0] and seems to compile in the current beta of 3.0 [1] although I haven't tested it. [0] https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/013aad13d4245a012cfb76... [1] http://swiftlang.ng.bluemix.net/#/repl/d68be430e72609717f718...
    comment by stevetrewick · 2016-05-07 · in Implemented proposals for Swift 3
  13. …a focus in Swift 4. Here is a document describing the current state of concurrency in the language: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/proposals/Co...
    comment by stepanhruda · 2016-05-07 · in Swift 3.0 Release Process
  14. Nice commit message: https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/2cdd7d64e1e2add7bcfd54...
    comment by kristianp · 2016-04-27 · in Go Home Swift Compiler, You’re Drunk
  15. "Hello, world" on Android: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/Android.md
    comment by s_dev · 2016-04-26 · in Swift on Android?
  16. Android port has been merged into the swift code-base: https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/1442
    comment by GoldenMonkey · 2016-04-18 · in Getting Started with Swift on Android
  17. …development. Then why bother with xamarin at that point :) Port to android in swift code base: https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/1442
    comment by GoldenMonkey · 2016-04-18 · in React Native: A year in review
  18. ▲ 65
    Getting Started with Swift on Android
    story by antfarm · 2016-04-18 · 29 comments
  19. ▲ 2
    Swift Android port now merged into master
    story by ewmailing · 2016-04-13 · 0 comments
  20. ▲ 3
    Swift Android port merged into main branch
    story by nopakos · 2016-04-13 · 0 comments
  21. Interesting! I found https://github.com/apple/swift/tree/master/tools/swift-ide-t... , which seems to be what you describe, but seems a bit tricky to use. Can you point to any OSS implementations of a Swift completer?
    comment by akanet · 2016-03-21 · in Swift 2.2 Released
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    Rationales for Swift standard library designs
    story by acire · 2016-03-15 · 12 comments
  23. One surprising performance issue with Swift was identified (and fixed) by IBM recently: https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/259d57bbe7784955108caa... The problem was that the print operations was being done character-by-character and it…
    comment by alblue · 2016-03-12 · in Golang: channels are not enough
  24. …chance to Rust in half year and see if it improved. But I would suggest to look at Swift SourceKit https://github.com/apple/swift/tree/master/tools/SourceKit or OmniSharp http://www.omnisharp.net/ SourceKit provides really nice Swift…
    comment by SneakerXZ · 2016-03-03 · in Announcing Rust 1.7
  25. The bridging is actually in the swift libraries. Much of it in C++, not in swift, but still. https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/cor... is where the magic starts (and mostly refers to where the actual work is done).…
    comment by stormbrew · 2016-02-25 · in Swift Ported to Android
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    Swift Ported to Android
    story by adamjernst · 2016-02-25 · 140 comments
  27. ▲ 1
    The Swift Cygwin port was merged
    story by marvel_boy · 2016-02-23 · 0 comments
  28. …unlike other popular new languages these days. Interesting document here about Swift concurrency https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/proposals/Co...
    comment by necolt · 2016-02-21 · in Swifton: Ruby on Rails-inspired web framework for Swift
  29. ▲ 2
    Swift – Improve the metadata hashing function
    story by deneb84 · 2016-02-10 · 0 comments
  30. …it wasn't fully tested. We had a blast laughing at the stupidity of it all on Reddit [2]. [1]: https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/c2b5546512af24e52ed15c... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3veu2t/swi...
    comment by Cyph0n · 2016-02-02 · in Why I'm leaving the R community
  31. …has interesting points. I'd prefer it if the faults of C++ were accompanied by evidence. [1] https://github.com/apple/swift
    comment by jasode · 2016-01-16 · in Scalable C – Writing Large-Scale Distributed C
  32. …and agree by submitting the patch that your contributions are licensed under the Swift license. https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
    comment by magicalist · 2016-01-13 · in ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open
  33. ▲ 53
    Swift Library Evolution
    story by ingve · 2016-01-08 · 0 comments
  34. ▲ 3
    Swift Error Handling Rationale
    story by eunoia · 2016-01-05 · 0 comments
  35. ▲ 3
    The Swift Runtime
    story by DaNmarner · 2015-12-21 · 0 comments
  36. There have been some fantastic pull requests. Examples: https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/253 https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/272
    comment by mietek · 2015-12-10 · in Swift open source – let the revolution begin
  37. ▲ 1
    Swift on FreeBSD build support
    story by tambourine_man · 2015-12-09 · 0 comments
  38. …of the repo? Apple offends me and is inconsiderate because I think of Adam & Eve and the devil..." https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/165#issuecomment-1619463...
    comment by vmorgulis · 2015-12-08 · in GitHub Issue Drama [List]
  39. ▲ 2
    Replaced occurrences of master/slave terminology with leader/follower (Swift)
    story by avinassh · 2015-12-05 · 0 comments
  40. More directly, check out: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/cor... Which is where much of the Swift "language" is defined... in the standard library. -Chris
    comment by chrislattner · 2015-12-05 · in Remove the ++ and –- operators
  41. ▲ 2
    People behind Apple's Swift since Jul 18, 2010
    story by movielala · 2015-12-04 · 0 comments
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    Swift: Change master/slave to leader/follower
    story by DaNmarner · 2015-12-04 · 4 comments
  43. It's also interesting to see the graph of contributors ( https://github.com/apple/swift/graphs/contributors ). I noticed for example that Slava Pestov (The creator of the Factor programming language) has made a number of commits. Apple has…
    comment by dom96 · 2015-12-04 · in Swift is Open Source
  44. ▲ 3
    Fix the license of Apple Swift
    story by r0muald · 2015-12-04 · 1 comment
  45. ▲ 2
    Swift Proposal: Implementing safe Go-lang style concurrency
    story by misframer · 2015-12-04 · 0 comments
  46. ▲ 2
    Swift: I think we should use GPL v3 instead, it's the future of open source
    story by doener · 2015-12-03 · 2 comments
  47. https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/afc81c1855bf711315b8e5...
    comment by elwell · 2015-12-03 · in Swift is Open Source
  48. ... and now it's https://github.com/apple/swift/commits/master?page=824 Saved for posterity: https://archive.is/n8iIl
    comment by 0942v8653 · 2015-12-03 · in Swift is Open Source
  49. I'm really impressed by the attentiveness of the Swift compiler team. Found this in the repo: https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/666646fee95bc75ca81e1d... One tweet and the bug is fixed within a couple of hours. Wow! Found that issue…
    comment by practicalswift · 2015-12-03 · in Swift is Open Source
  50. …is getting a PR merged in a high-profile project - however slight the change - as a badge of cool. https://github.com/apple/swift/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Ap...
    comment by glenntzke · 2015-12-03 · in Swift is Open Source