[pilif]

The package manager has been open source, cross platform and available since pretty much from the start.

The standard library is becoming cross-platform as we discuss it here.

[realusername]

> The standard library is becoming cross-platform as we discuss it here.

I'd argue that it's too late already, the ship has sailed, Swift is heading the same way as C#.

[ohgodplsno]

I'm having a hard time seeing Swift becoming a well-respected and easily considered language for your next project. The sheer lack of anything outside of what Apple has made already makes it a non starter. In comparison, .Net is absolutely amazing.

[qaq]

Is there an alternative with similar features and ergonomics? I am def. not aware of one.

[realusername]

For which purpose? It depends what you want to do with it.

[qaq]

Well lang features do not really depend on the purpose the 3d party libs do. Let's say the purpose is web services.

[realusername]

I doubt the web story in swift is that strong anyways, I'd pick python, ruby or php.