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I think this post makes a valid point, and I also think it's important to remember that Objective-C has also been changing incredibly fast during the Apple's meteoric rise and the accompanying developer interest. Swift did not come out as fully baked as some might like, but Apple made the right move releasing it sooner rather than later.

Forcing developers to use a language with as much baggage as ObjC couldn't continue, particularly when compared to the much preferred web languages. ARC and Storyboards were big changes but with the amount of headaches developers have suffered dealing with the App Store, they needed something exceptional to keep old talent and bring in new I believe.

I'm excited to see how fast Swift can be baked, but just judging from HN / Reddit it is earning Apple a lot more developer love than any time in recent memory.