[valuearb]

A larger team benefits more from the ability to write higher quality code with Swift. Fewer or no crashes is s better customer benefit than some hypothetical minor performance benefit. The toolchain does suck though, if Apple (or done one else) fixes the toolchain Objective C is done as a viable language.

[Koshkin]

Not sure about that. The same has been said (many times) about Java vs. C and C++. All three keep chugging along quite nicely...

[dikaiosune]

From one perspective, this just means that the market for software quality is not very tight and that our industry is not empirical in assessing it.

[fit2rule]

What it really means is that the market for software language is being exploited and usurped in order to maintain developer mindshare. The only really good reason to learn Swift is "because everyone else is learning it".

[klibertp]

The most important, and sufficient, reason to learn Swift - or anything else, for that matter - is curiosity. I don't like working with people who are not curious about their craft.

[fit2rule]

Its really unnecessary to learn Swift -there are a plethora of other, better ways to build apps.

But if you want to keep up with the joneses - while delivering Apple a perfect 'big stick' to keep developer mindshare locked into their platforms - Swift is a pretty sweet deal .. for Apple.

[valuearb]

Swift is the best way to develop IOS apps, that’s a pretty good reason.