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Re: Xcode's Swift Playground

Posted by Uko2 on Jun 03, 2014; 8:57am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Xcode-s-Swift-Playground-tp4761425p4761460.html


On 03 Jun 2014, at 14:23, kilon alios <[hidden email]> wrote:

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.


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


We have to do some type inference (for tools) some time. Should be fun. (by the way, is there something like that already?)

Uko



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