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		tdicola on June 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Swift Programming Language Haven't had a chance to look at the docs for it yet, but will LLVM be the compiler for it and will it support compiling Swift into its native bytecode?

craigching on June 2, 2014 | [–]

Yes, it says so on the home page:

> Using the high-performance LLVM compiler, Swift code is transformed into optimized native code, tuned to get the most out of modern Mac, iPhone, and iPad hardware.

nardi on June 2, 2014 | [–]

Yes. It's on the front page: https://developer.apple.com/swift/

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