A fast look at Swift, Apple’s new programming language For better or worse, Apple's new language lets you do things your way. ... Use semicolons and parentheses—or don't, ...

Last summer, about 6 weeks after Apple introduced Swift, a new programming language designed to ultimately replace Objective-C as the language for iOS and OS X development, I wrote about how ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When I spent time around WWDC this past week, one word was on everybody’s lips: Swift. Apple’s newly-announced programming language brings a number of benefits, and marks a ...

That’s because Swift inherits so much from Apple’s DNA: As so many Apple creations do, the language creatively bridges worlds — in this case, those of systems programming and scripting.

Why Does The World Need More Programming Languages? Yesterday Apple announced Swift, a new language for building Mac apps. Here’s a layman’s explanation of why.

On Monday, the company said it was going to make Swift open-source by the end of the year. This could pave the way for the language to reach far beyond Apple's walled garden.