Interview with Swift Creator Chris Lattner

You asked, he answered! The creator of Apple’s Swift programming language (and a self-described “long-time reader/fan of Slashdot”) stopped by on his way to a new job at Tesla just to field questions from Slashdot readers. Read on for Chris’s answers…

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