Re: The Swift Programming Language: what is our position towards this?

[Wolfgang Lux]

Am 09.06.2014 um 12:00 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:

> 
> Am 09.06.2014 um 09:55 schrieb "Lundberg, Johannes" 
> <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp>:
> 
>> I found this  http://www.splasmata.com/?p=2798
>> 
>> They seem to experience huge difference in speed comparing Obj-C / C to 
>> Swift.
> 
> Well, that was to be expected (somehow). C-types can be compiled straight 
> ahead into machine instructions.
> So the only area where optimization could be better than for ObjC is for 
> handling objects.
> 
> My opinion so far after reading the docs from Apple is that they have done 
> some improvements but other
> things became worse than with ObjC. Examples:
> 
> + get rid of @ for strings
> + use + operator for string concatenation
> + homogenous handling of types, type-arrays
> + generics
> + overflow checks
> + get rid of nil
> + better syntax for blocks
> + get rid of the concept of pointers

Huh? Did you really say "became worse"? Or did I just miss some bit of irony in 
your comment?

Wolfgang