When it comes to programming languages, it’s often the newest that garner the most attention. But according to Ted Kremenek, Apple director of languages and runtimes, programmers should be shaking off ...

Swift, akin to Objective-C but without the baggage, emphasizes speed and interactivity for building OS X and iOS apps Apple has a new programming language, Swift, intended to provide modern ...

I didn’t see this coming, but Apple’s Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development. This is done via an establishment of a dedicated Android Working ...

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Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android. Historically, Swift has been closely tied to Apple's ecosystem ...

After Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, 1000 Apple engineers and 5000 developers returned to their parts of the world armed with Apple’s own programming language. In his ...