在这里我认为有必要提一下Brec Victor的Inventing on Principle,Swift编程环境的大部分概念都源自于Brec这个演讲
Swift是什么?
Swift是苹果于WWDC 2014发布的编程语言,这里引用The Swift Programming Language的原话:
Swift is a new programming language for iOS and OS X apps that builds on the best of C and Objective-C, without the constraints of C compatibility.
Swift adopts safe programming patterns and adds modern features to make programming easier, more flexible and more fun.
Swift’s clean slate, backed by the mature and much-loved Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, is an opportunity to imagine how software development works.
Swift is the first industrial-quality systems programming language that is as expressive and enjoyable as a scripting language.
简单的说:
Swift用来写iOS和OS X程序。(估计也不会支持其它