Why would anyone want Swift on other platforms?
From the start it seemed to be mostly a product of NIH and the necessity to move away from Objective C while keeping some compatibility. Other platforms tend to allow you much better choices.
From the start it seemed to be mostly a product of NIH and the necessity to move away from Objective C while keeping some compatibility. Other platforms tend to allow you much better choices.
If you can find a language that you actually like to work in then why not use it on other platforms?
The dependencies really come down to the Apple frameworks. Ditch those and it's no different than any other general purpose language.
Myriad reasons. If—for whatever reason—someone likes to program in Swift, having high-quality implementations available on various platforms is a win.
> Other platforms tend to allow you much better choices.
This assumes an objective measure of programming language goodness. Whether a language is better than Swift is an opinion. Opinions vary.