Swift 6.3

good to see incredible stuff being shipped in Swift. Haven't used it since v3 though.

around 2015-17 - Swift could have easily dethroned Python.

it was simple enough - very fast - could plug into the C/C++ ecosystem. Hence all the numeric stuff people were doing in Python powered by C++ libraries could've been done with Swift.

the server ecosystem was starting to come to life, even supported by IBM.

I think the letdown was on the Apple side - they didn't bring in the community fast enough whether on marketing, or messaging - unfortunately Swift has remained largely an Apple ecosystem thing - with complexity now chasing C++.

> Swift is designed to be the language you reach for at every layer of the software stack.

It's a nice lang for sure, but this will never be true with the way things are. Such wasted opportunity by Apple.

> Swift 6.3 introduces the @c attribute, which lets you expose Swift functions and enums to C code in your project. Annotating a function or enum with @c prompts Swift to include a corresponding declaration in the generated C header that you can include in your C/C++ files

Why did this take so long to be added? Such strange priorities. Adding an entire C++ compiler for C++ interoperability before adding... C exports. Bizarre.

Whats the stdlib situation for swift in comparison to newish languages like go or rust. I know its not batteries included lke python - and doesnt have a massive dev ecosystem of helper libs seeming to be mostly tied to macOS/iOS operating system API/ABI.

> Swift 6.3 includes the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.