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Apple is open sourcing Swift Build

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612 points dayanruben | 2 comments | 01 Feb 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sgt ◴[01 Feb 25 17:04 UTC] No.42899856[source]▶
Is Swift actually serious about embedded?
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dlachausse ◴[01 Feb 25 17:13 UTC] No.42899953[source]▶
Yes, there was an entire WWDC ‘24 talk about it…

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10197

Swift is a great language, but it is unfortunately still held back by the stigma of being perceived as only usable on Apple platforms.

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o11c ◴[01 Feb 25 17:17 UTC] No.42899998[source]▶
And until packages are actually shipped for all mainstream distros, the stigma is completely accurate.

No, neither "just install a tarball" nor "just install this docker image" count.

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1. timsneath ◴[01 Feb 25 17:27 UTC] No.42900090{3}[source]▶
Working on it: https://github.com/swiftlang/swiftly?tab=readme-ov-file
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2. Terretta ◴[01 Feb 25 17:36 UTC] No.42900187[source]▶
Bringing synopsis here for those who may not click:

swiftly is a CLI tool for installing, managing, and switching between Swift toolchains, written in Swift. swiftly itself is designed to be extremely easy to install and get running, and its command interface is intended to be flexible while also being simple to use. The overall experience is inspired by and meant to feel reminiscent of the Rust toolchain manager rustup.