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by serve_yay 4076 days ago
At least for me the issue isn't Objc or Swift. I like Objc and have known it a long time; Swift seems a bit half-baked currently but still I like some of the ideas there. I find this attractive because of React-style programming (setting state renders UI components), the ability to easily style widgets, and the short feedback loop, while retaining the ability to write a native app. OK, I'll admit I prefer to write JS than those other languages, but it's not the biggest part.

I have concerns about wrapping native widgets/objects to use in JS-land, I wonder what limitations that will incur. But overall I think there is a lot to be said for this idea and I find it pretty exciting.