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pjmlp12/08/20251 replyview on HN

Nope, Swift interops with Objective-C runtime to ease code migration from legacy Objective-C code, and existing Apple frameworks predating Swift.

A runtime that isn't part of the cross-platform Swift project, with missing functionality being rewriten into Swift.


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saagarjha12/10/2025

Yes, and those platforms are worse off for it.