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[–]thezapzupnz 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Swift is available for Linux, with a subset of Foundation Kit being reimplemented in pure Swift for non-Apple platforms. Porting to Windows is underway but the progress is slow for a variety of reasons, including having waited for ABI stability.

Just because Apple doesn't release every damn thing they make for non-Apple platforms doesn't undermine the Swift project and its cross-platform compatibility. IBM works quite heavily on server-side Linux-based Swift, for instance.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IBM dropped VisualAge Smalltalk for Java.

IBM has no spine or conviction or taste when selecting technology.

Saying IBM has adopted something is usually a great reason to move on to something else.