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by anonyfox 3475 days ago
I still wonder why i would use Swift in the backend.

- elixir/erlang: fault tolerance, scalability, high complexity web apps

- Node: npm already has what you need, SSR for SPAs, JS is accessible for frontend guys (sort of)

- Golang: dead-easy microservices with CLI support, single file deployments, good performance, beginner level language makes Training/hiring easy

- Rust: excellent performance and great typesystem, ideal for writing Heavy core algorithms of products and use them as libs from other languages. Also all benefits of Go (except ease-of-learning).

- ...

- swift? Given that learning languages is not an issue, why should I prefer swift over other stuff? Are there real selling points?