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Author of Swift Language Chris Lattner is Leaving Apple; We're Interviewing Him (Ask a Question!) (swift.org)

Posted by msmash on from the now-we're-talking dept.

Software developer Chris Lattner, who is the main author of LLVM as well as Apple's Swift programming language, is leaving Apple, he said today. From a post: When we made Swift open source and launched Swift.org we put a lot of effort into defining a strong community structure. This structure has enabled Apple and the amazingly vibrant Swift community to work together to evolve Swift into a powerful, mature language powering software used by hundreds of millions of people. I'm happy to announce that Ted Kremenek will be taking over for me as "Project Lead" for the Swift project, managing the administrative and leadership responsibility for Swift.org. This recognizes the incredible effort he has already been putting into the project, and reflects a decision I've made to leave Apple later this month to pursue an opportunity in another space. We're delighted to share that we are interviewing Lattner, who says he's a "long-time reader/fan of Slashdot." Please leave your question in the comments section. Lattner says he'll talk about "open source (llvm/clang/swift/etc) or personal topics," but has requested that we do not ask him about Apple, which is understandable.

Update: Lattner is joining Tesla.

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  1. Libreboot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What are your thoughts on Libreboot and the recent controversy involving the Free Software Foundation?

  2. What the heck is going on at Apple? by ilsaloving · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want to know what is going on over at Apple, and if the process has begun to get Tim Cook fired.

    I want to know when is Apple going to resume making the excellent hardware they made a decade ago, or if they're just going to continue to slap silly gimicks onto otherwise substandard hardware, while raising the prices beyond all reason?

    I want to know if Apple is going to make it simpler to develop iOS applications on non-Apple hardware, since it's becoming harder and harder to justify buying Apple's increasingly lacklustre hardware, and Mac OS itself has been (essentially) deprecated.

    I want to know if Apple has outright admitted that they don't care about professional users anymore. Their behaviour has certainly demonstrated that fact beyond a shadow of a doubt, but I'm curious as to whether this is an official policy or just breathtakingly myopic incompetence.

  3. If this is open source... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where's the Windows version of Swift?