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Swift is the exact opposite of Javascript and if used correctly created much higher quality code than a Objective C. But the toolchain is weak and XCode 9 is a big step backwards.

No advantages? Conciseness, null safety, no header files, cleaner syntax, no @property (readonly, getter=blah) nonsense.

Why bother? Swift is the blessed language on Apple platforms going forward and ObjC is not.

It's simple. Swift is a million times better. It's just that people are lazy.