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Apple is open sourcing Swift Build

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612 points dayanruben | 1 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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1. jitl ◴[01 Feb 25 17:27 UTC] No.42900093[source]▶
Although opinions inside Apple about Swift vary, they seem to be investing in low level Swift for embedded, kernel use, and programming the “Secure Enclave” subsystem.

They certainly have many opportunities to use it for headphones, AirTag, flash driver, etc, beyond the very believable but less embedded use in kernel/Secure Enclave.

See also the wwdc session where they propose swift for building smart home thingies https://youtu.be/LqxbsADqDI4?si=KTYWPLdjGgTwK1UB