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123: “The evolution of Swift”, with special guest Nick Lockwood

Swift by Sundell

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Is There a Danger With Async?

Apple is adding features to Swift that are already built into the language. This means developers don't have to build their own versions, which can lead to compatibility problems if they're not identical. But there's a danger of making things even more complicated out of the box with new features like concurrency and memory safety. So at some point, you just have to say, OK, this is good enough for the language itself.

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