Re: A modern programming language for FreeBSD: Swift

Reply: Tomek CEDRO : "Re: A modern programming language for FreeBSD: Swift"
In reply to: Jordan Gordeev : "A modern programming language for FreeBSD: Swift"
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From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek_at_cedro.info>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 21:26:48 UTC

On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM Jordan Gordeev <jgopensource@proton.me> wrote:
> The FreeBSD project can leap into the future by choosing a modern programming language to replace C, or continue living in the past, hoping that the rest of the world will do the same.
> (..)

If you want to resurrect a Swift port from the past to the future you
are welcome:

https://www.freshports.org/lang/swift/

If you want to rewrite existing operating systems in Swift, go ahead
what is stopping you? If you want us to rewrite FreeBSD in Swift the
answer is the same as for the Rust preachers - go ahead and create
your own operating system from scratch (i.e.
https://www.redox-os.org/) then let people decide what they prefer but
don't break what is already out there working fine :-)

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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info