Swift executes under Xcode and is said to generate exceptionally efficient machine code which will run on any Apple iOS device or desktop unit. (Apple: About Swift)
The code looks more like C than anything else but it's not quite as ugly. Data processing in general blew it with BASIC as it was a good, easy to understand language but it was never developed beyond being an interpretive compiler in that it did compile code but didn't generate object code that could be stored to be used again. There were some attempts to extend BASIC to make a full-blown compiler out of it but none of them had high-level support. Instead, the programming woodpeckers came into it and now there are so many languages that they make the Tower of Babel look like Webster's for organization.
Adding another language to that helps not one whit ... or maybe it does so I've been reviewing it and you can find sample code, etc to get started. (LearnSwift: Learn Swift - Tutorial)
I was going to shoot video but, after reading the blog, I couldn't be bothered. Nothing could have made it more clear that it's pointless.
The code looks more like C than anything else but it's not quite as ugly. Data processing in general blew it with BASIC as it was a good, easy to understand language but it was never developed beyond being an interpretive compiler in that it did compile code but didn't generate object code that could be stored to be used again. There were some attempts to extend BASIC to make a full-blown compiler out of it but none of them had high-level support. Instead, the programming woodpeckers came into it and now there are so many languages that they make the Tower of Babel look like Webster's for organization.
Adding another language to that helps not one whit ... or maybe it does so I've been reviewing it and you can find sample code, etc to get started. (LearnSwift: Learn Swift - Tutorial)
I was going to shoot video but, after reading the blog, I couldn't be bothered. Nothing could have made it more clear that it's pointless.
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