Nikolaus, On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Am 04.06.2014 um 21:12 schrieb Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf: > > > Hi 'steppers, > > > > I am sure the one or another of us has heard about that new language for > Cocoa/Cocoa Touch that Apple has recently introduced: > > > > > https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/AboutTheLanguageReference.html > > > > What is our position towards this? Is there already an official GNUstep > position? > > Developed within 3 days? Indeed. > If not, what are your opinions? > > I don't see yet which problem the new language solves. Maybe removing some > @ signs in code. In my view even Obj-C 1.0 was feature complete to do > everything one wants in a rather neat and clean way. ObjC 2.x has > simplified writing code at some places but introduced redundancy at others. > > The problem it solves is a political one, not a technical one. It allows people who are uncomfortable with Objective-C or C in general to use a language which is more akin to javascript. It also provides lock-in for Apple so that they have a captive developer base which doesn't allow them to move to other platforms since Swift doesn't exist there. > 10 years ago I started to develop CocoaBasic and the language and > integration of the Obj-C frameworks wasn't that much different from SWIFT: > http://cocoadev.com/CocoaBasic > > > Does anybody know about the legal status of this language, e.g. whether > we're allowed to support it or not? > > IMHO languages are not protected or protectable. > > This is true. > > > > > > Happy stepping, > > Same to you, > Nikolaus > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > -- Gregory Casamento Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa (240)274-9630 (Cell) http://www.gnustep.org http://heronsperch.blogspot.com
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