- Excellent for short-lived programs that transform input A to output B
- Clunky for long-lived programs that maintain large complex object graphs
To rust purists the latter should be solved through composition of many of the former. This is what happens when constantly going on about the evils of state becomes one of your cultural norms.
That said I recently poked swift for non mac use and was not impressed by the status quo, and am not sure Apple are committed to the exercise. The core language is very nice though.
- Excellent for short-lived programs that transform input A to output B
- Clunky for long-lived programs that maintain large complex object graphs
To rust purists the latter should be solved through composition of many of the former. This is what happens when constantly going on about the evils of state becomes one of your cultural norms.
That said I recently poked swift for non mac use and was not impressed by the status quo, and am not sure Apple are committed to the exercise. The core language is very nice though.