Apple announced Swift 2.0, a new version of its programming language at the WWDC that has been refined from the ground up. It would offer better performance, a new error handling API, and first-class support for availability checking, says Apple. The most important thing is that Apple is making Swift open source later this year, which will be available for OS X, iOS, and Linux. The company will reveal more information as the open source release gets nearer. Continue reading “Apple introduces Swift 2.0, will release it as open source for OS X, iOS and Linux”