On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:23:47PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 6/2/2014 3:49 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:45:28 -0400, Paulo Pinto <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> > >>More information now made available > >> > >>https://developer.apple.com/swift/ > > > >"Memory is managed automatically, and you don’t even need to type > >semi-colons." > > > >... > > > > Heh, yea, that's the #1 thing that jumped out at me as well. Sounds > like it probably sums up a lot about the language. > > The whole thing sounds like "We love how JS and Python allow mediocre > programmers to churn out bad software quickly, but since we *are* > Apple and love strategic lock-in just as much as MS, here's our own > goofy version of the exact same thing that we're going to push > instead."
Seems everyone is fixating on semicolons, but seriously, am I the only one who sees the elephant in the room? Automatic memory management!!! Where's Manu and his GC tirades when you need him? ;-) T -- Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Use your hands...
