Published by Arunprasadh C on 20 Apr 2022 • Last Updated on 21 Apr 2022
Introduction to Swift
- As we saw earlier, Swift programming language is the new “official” language of iOS.
- It was developed by Chris Lattner.
- Swift was first introduced by Apple in 2014 and is actively maintained by Apple.
- It is a General Purpose Language.
- It uses a Compiler for Code Translation. So, the entire bulk of Swift code is translated into machine code at once, as compared to Interpreters where line-by-line translation is done.
- It uses Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) for Memory Management.
- It is easier to learn Swift for both newbies and programmers experienced in other languages.
Now, let’s move on to learn about the Data Types available in Swift.