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True. Google was even thinking of switching TensorFlow from Python to Swift. https://github.com/tensorflow/swift https://github.com/tensorflow/swift
by vmsp 6mo ago
True. Google was even thinking of switching TensorFlow from Python to Swift.
https://github.com/tensorflow/swift https://github.com/tensorflow/swift
- mi_lk 6mo agoThat’s really because Chris Lattner was at Google Brain at the time. Don’t think it ever took off in meaningful ways
- mark_l_watson 6mo agoI was enthusiastic about early TensorFlow in Swift efforts, sorry when the effort ended. My interest then flowed into early Mojo development for a while. I wrote an eBook on Swift several ago but rarely update that book anymore. Count me as one of the many developers who for a while thought Swift would take over the world. At least Swift is a fun language to use, and now with LLM coding tools writing macOS/iOS/iPadOS apps is fairly easy.
- c-fe 6mo agofunnily enough, I talked recently to someone working on the swift compiler (not an Apple employee) to make Swift functions differentiable. So its not all dead yet
- jurip 6mo agoYeah, it seems something is still happening, they keep posting updates every now and then: https://forums.swift.org/t/differentiable-swift-feb-2026-update/85161 https://forums.swift.org/t/differentiable-swift-feb-2026-upd...