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Re: Xcode's Swift Playground

Posted by kilon.alios on Jun 03, 2014; 8:53am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Xcode-s-Swift-Playground-tp4761425p4761458.html

For anyone who has not not watched it yet, you can watch the Playground demo here. Looks like they were inspired by Bred Victor demos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l62x8Oq_QP4

Swift is statically typed with type inference. BUT it has generics and optional types. So it looks like it tries to let you have the cake and eat it too.

It also removes the need for header files , so it really moves away from the C paradigm.

There is a quick toor here

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/GuidedTour.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014097-CH2

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:29 AM, stepharo <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

The work on GToolkit goes in this direction. Funny enough, we also have a Playground :).

Look here for an example:
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/dynamic-exploration-of-a-postgres-db-with-the-gtinspector/

More will come in this direction. I happen to believe that this is the area with the largest potential in Pharo, and it would be great to put more effort around it. If people have an interest to participate, please just let me know.

+ 1

Now my plate is full but I encourage people to join effort.

Stef