[iamkonstantin]

> how is this different from for example Rust, Go, Zig or Python

I believe op means Swift is different because Apple is the gatekeeper at the top of the Swift project https://www.swift.org/community/#project-lead

By contrast, other open languages usually have elected leadership and aren’t directly subject to a specific corporation.

[qaq]

Go is pretty much controlled by Google I don't follow it closely but there was a ton of drama around AWS influence on Rust through hiring key Rust devs. Zig has BDFL Python had BDFL