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This seems like a lot of revisionist history to say Swift was "hated". Sure, there were, some naysayers, but just look at the original Swift announcement from Apple. There were hoops and hollers of joy because everyone knew how problematic Objective-C was.

> The most hated languages are some of the most used ones (Javascript, PHP, Python, etc).

Mandatory quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses". -- Bjarne Stroustrup

It's trite at this point but very apropos: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses." — Bjarne Stroustrup

(Applies to much more than just languages!)

Reminds of a quote about Van Morrison:

There are two types of people. The people that like Van Morrison and the people that have met him