Apple promised it: its Swift language becomes open source

Swift, the programming languagelaunched by Apple in 2014
seems to please the developers. As a result, they will be delighted to see
that the Apple firm has kept its promise made during the launch. Apple comes
in factmake Swift code open source.

Modern, recent and with strong progress in its use,
Swift takes it to the next level with the arrival of its code in the world of
l’open source :

This opening should make it possible to popularize and extend
potentially the use and knowledge of Swift.

Thus, the language can be usedfor others
domainsthan that of Apple applications and reach more than
developers. This could also allowto enrich the
language. Via the website ofSwift, Apple
also invites programmers to take advantage of this to improve the code.

On the other hand, the code will be usable for devices other than those of the
apple firm. However, no Windows version for the moment in
parallel of Apple and Linux machines, but there is no doubt that initiatives for
porting it into the Microsoft environment will happen.

Swift code is now available atGithub.

The Cupertino company does not let go of its language with
a version 3 of Swift
planned for 2016.

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