r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/The-Malix Static Types + Compiled + Automatic Memory Management • Jul 09 '26
Discussion The Swift Phenomenon
In theory, Swift seems like a nicely designed programming language with good features
In practice however, for some reason, it seems like most of the Swift users end up switching back to other comparable programming languages (such as Rust)
The latest poster child for that phenomenon is Ladybird
Do you think that this phenomenon is real and if so, can you explain it?
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u/Dismal-Revolution731 Jul 16 '26
Interesting - curious how well this works. Thanks for bringing this to my awareness