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> Apple's proprietary language While it is heavily funded and used by Apple, I would never call it "proprietary". It's open source. https://swift.org/about/#s

> Apple's proprietary language While it is heavily funded and used by Apple, I would never call it "proprietary". It's open source. https://swift.org/about/#swiftorg-and-open-source https://swift.org/about/#swiftorg-and-open-source

pavlov 7y ago
Apple makes all relevant decisions on language design and direction. Swift is Apple's proprietary language in the same sense as C# is Microsoft's.
- ksec 7y ago
  But it is not proprietary. By that definition, C#, Go, Java are all proprietary.
  - plopz 7y ago
    I certainly view C# and Go as proprietary.