[tgragnato]

For the clever design of the language: coding with optionals is a breeze, it defaults to thread-safe reference counting, a cleaner syntax (IMHO only), .... .

For the unifying potential of the language: swift on the server (currently linux / freebsd limited), swift on mobile (Google seems to be moving in this direction too), swift on the desktop (macOS only).

[mderazon]

> Google seems to be moving in this direction too Source ?

[tgragnato]

The press made a lot of fuss about this claim. Unfortunately we have no confirmations nor denials, it would be nice to hear an internal about this.

http://thehackernews.com/2016/04/android-swift-programming.h...

http://www.dday.it/redazione/19590/app-android-scritte-con-s...

http://www.webnews.it/2016/04/08/google-apple-swift-android/

http://android.hdblog.it/n429420/Google-Swift-di-Apple-lingu...

https://www.tomshw.it/android-google-pensa-swift-apple-posto...

[DopamineHigh]

Here's the original article that sparked this claim. They say that "Sources tell The Next Web".

https://thenextweb.com/dd/2016/04/07/google-facebook-uber-sw...