Hoy UChris Lattner, umemezele esidlangalaleni ukuthi uyayishiya inkampani yaseCupertino ngemuva kokuchitha iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi kuwo. ILattner ngumphathi wephrojekthi ye-Swift, ulimi lweSwift lwethulwe e-WWDC ngo-2014 phakathi no-2015, lwaba umthombo ovulekile futhi luziqhayisa ngokuba lulimi oluphephile, olusheshayo nolumfishane. Kancane kancane ithuthukisiwe ngokuvuselelwa futhi kuqinisekile ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuthuthuka eminyakeni ezayo yize kuhambe uLattner, obephethe ukuhola le phrojekthi selokhu yasungulwa.
Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kweSwift manje kusezandleni zikaTed Kremenek, umuntu ophethe ukuqondisa iphrojekthi kusuka kulo mzuzu kuqhubeke. ULattner uqobo ubephethe ukudlulisa induku eKremenek ngomyalezo lapho echaza khona ukuthi uzoqhubeka njengomphathi wephrojekthi kuze kube sekupheleni kwale nyanga kaJanuwari nokuthi uKremenek ngaleso sikhathi uzobe ephethe ukulanda induku nokuqhubeka thuthukisa iSwift. Uyachaza nokuthi bekungelula ukuthatha isinqumo kwazise sekuphele iminyaka eminingi enkampanini nakulo msebenzi, kepha kudinga ushintsho lwendawo.
ISwift 4 okwamanje isathuthuka kanti noLattner uqobo unezela ngokuthi imininingwane eminingi mayelana nezici ezintsha ezisetshenziswe eSwift izokwaziwa engqungqutheleni elandelayo yonjiniyela yomhlaba ngoJuni. Ngaphambi kepha sizobona iSwift 3.1 esemthethweni nabanye izithuthukisi kumnyombo wolimi lohlelo, ukuthuthuka kwe-Swift Package Manager, Swift ku-Linux, i-compiler kanye nelabhulali ejwayelekile.
Lapho nje sekuphele isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka kwethulwe ngokusemthethweni lolu limi lohlelo, umphathi walo omkhulu umemezela ukuhamba kwakhe.
