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		iamkonstantin on Feb 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple is open sourcing Swift Build > how is this different from for example Rust, Go, Zig or Python I believe op means Swift is different because Apple is the gatekeeper at the top of the Swift project https://www.swift.org/community/#project-lead By contrast, other open languages usually have elected leadership and aren’t directly subject to a specific corporation.

qaq on Feb 2, 2025 [–]

Go is pretty much controlled by Google I don't follow it closely but there was a ton of drama around AWS influence on Rust through hiring key Rust devs. Zig has BDFL Python had BDFL

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