Re: a new language, designed for safety !

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Le mardi 10 juin 2014 à 10:48 +0000, Luke A.Guest a écrit : 
> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote:
> > Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:
> > 
> >> I would add to this thread that we do not need a new language for safety
> >> I think Ada can do that... 
> > 
> > Can anyone comment on why Apple didn't just use Ada?
> 
> NIH syndrome? They can't control it? Take your pick.

Yes plus:

- We hear again and again that a language is not all, you need
libraries. But obviously when you come with a new langage you start with
an empty bag! Everything must be recreated.

- We hear that every new language is a revolution, it makes code
cleaner, easier to maintain, easy to develop and with such power than
you gain a lot in productivity... Well we should all be able to take
such language and create a simulation for a complex system as a plane in
one or two days I suppose.

Why Apple choose a new language you asked? Yes probably to gain control
of something... But this language, as some created in recent years, will
just add more garbage into our systems for no added value :( With a bit
of luck Swift will be a big failure and we will never cross a piece of
code :)

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