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Why Swift Will Never Replace RubyMotion (blog.motioninmotion.tv)
4 points by mtchavez 4390 days ago
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>RubyMotion is a toolchain, not a syntax This is a plus. I agree with the power of it. But don't forget the fact that RubyMotion is not free; it's $300 last time I checked. How will RubyMotion convince new and transitioning iOS developers?

>RubyMotion is evolving Yes, everything evolves in the software industry. Swift will as well.

> Swift is Apple’s creation, one that will get confused with the Swift parallel scripting language No one will get confused because not many know about the Swift parallel programming language.

>None of you actually know Swift Well it's not like you need to port all your code to it, but I am certain many new projects will be starting to use Swift. Besides, that's a poor excuse to go against Swift, since it's only a week old. It's only a language.

This is a very defensive post, almost like a RubyMotion employee made it.

I agree. I have been using Ruby Motion since it came out and have released a few apps. I am a little worried that Swift will squash what momentum Laurent was able to build from MacRuby to Ruby Motion.