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Swift
The newest programming language from Apple for developing iOS, OS X, watchOS, and tvOS apps. It builds on the best of C and Objective-C, offers better type safety, security, and performance.
| First released | 2014 |
| Developed by | Chris Luttner |
| Latest stable version | Swift 5 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | Apple |
Interesting facts
Swift has borrowed quite a lot from Objective-C, but it is not defined by pointers, but by the types of variables that the compiler handles. Many scripting languages work in a similar way. At the same time, it provides developers with many functions that were previously available in C ++ and Java, such as defined names, so-called generalizations and operator overloading.