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by sbuk 4399 days ago
FTFA;

>"So this is a list of things I don’t like about Swift based on things I’ve read in the book, without having experimented with the language myself..."

Question; why post this then?
2 comments
ahomescu1 4399 days ago
IMHO he made some valid points, all from reading the spec. Experimenting with the language wouldn't really invalidate them.
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chc 4399 days ago
Because one would hope that the official Swift book does a sufficient job of describing the language?
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sbuk 4399 days ago
Drop the snark. I doubt that it does a sufficient enough job to write a critique of a language that the OP admits they have they haven't tried! This article is nothing but here-say and as such is worthless.
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chc 4399 days ago
That wasn't snark; it was an answer. The fact that you have some unexplained "doubt" about whether it is correct does not make it snark.

But let's delve in. Why is it impossible to analyze a language from a programming language theory perspective without having used it? Obviously having used it will give a fuller perspective, but I don't see what you think is so deficient about the extensive documentation Apple has put out that it's impossible to comment from a theoretical standpoint on that basis.

To put it another way, I think you should drop the snark. If you have an actual problem with the critique or with the Swift documentation, you can bring it up. A snarky dismissal like "Question; why post this then?" does not add anything.

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