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Ladybird Browser Team Selects Swift as Preferred Language (linuxiac.com)

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I would have preferred Rust, a language created by Mozilla instead of one with ties to Apple, but I'm not a dev so I can't really judge. What are your thoughts?

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I do wonder: why not rust? It would have been amazing. A fast language on par with C++ that also is memory safe. But Swift? You gotta be kidding me...