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0 pointsrudedogg7y ago0 comments

Ubuntu is supported (see https://swift.org/download/), but Windows is pretty early I think.

See https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/Windows.md and https://forums.swift.org/t/windows-nightlies/19174 for more info.

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pjmlp7y ago

Ubuntu is "supported". The compiler might be available, but there are hardly many libraries available that would compile outside Apple platforms.

skohan7y ago

That's no longer true. The Foundation framework is basically complete on Linux, and the vast majority 3rd party libraries which are not iOS specific will work on Ubuntu. Even many of Apple's own libraries (i.e. SwiftNIO, a low-level, high performance networking library for things like implementing web-servers) are cross-platform.

pjmlp7y ago

Last time I checked, the "the vast majority 3rd party libraries which are not iOS specific" was actually quite tiny.

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pjmlp7y ago

Ubuntu is "supported". The compiler might be available, but there are hardly many libraries available that would compile outside Apple platforms.

skohan7y ago

pjmlp7y ago

Last time I checked, the "the vast majority 3rd party libraries which are not iOS specific" was actually quite tiny.

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