Swift now Open Source

Posted by: Bill Martens Date: December 3, 2015 0 Likes 445 Views

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Apple has announced that Swift is now Open Source as had been promised by Tim Cook.  According to the posting on the swift blog (https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/ ), Apple has set up a new GITHUB account specifically for Swift source code.  The features of this new open source movement includes:

  • A bug reporting and tracking system
  • Mailing lists
  • A blog dedicated to the engineering of Swift
  • Community guidelines
  • Getting started tutorials
  • Contributing instructions
  • Documentation on Swift
  • Developer and API design guidelines

You can download the core and the libraries from the Swift GITHUB site at:
https://github.com/apple

Author: Bill Martens
A.P.P.L.E. Chairman of the Board and Club president -- Bill worked for the founder, Val J. Golding and A.P.P.L.E. from 1981 to 1982. In 1999, he began archiving the materials which were distributed and sold by A.P.P.L.E.. That project led to the group that remained of A.P.P.L.E. Bill was involved in the financial industry in Tokyo and has over 20 major office infrastructure projects to his name. In March 2001, he retired to write books and to spend more time pursuing personal interests. As the president of the users group, Bill is in charge of distribution of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine as well as the organization of this web site. Bill currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and Shelton, Wa splitting time between the places.
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