Swift is more similar to languages such as Ruby and Python than is Objective-C . For example, it’s not necessary to end statements with a semicolon in Swift, just like in Python.
Read moreDoes anything replace Python?
No language will replace Python . Programming languages are like tools.
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“In 2014 Apple announced the new programming language Swift to be the successor of Objective-C . At that moment Objective-C was at position number three in the Tiobe index, and development of mobile apps for iPhones and iPads was booming,” Tiobe explains.
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