OUoumua_don17·Feb 10, 2021Submission
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swift-algorithms
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swift-algorithms
Commonly used sequence and collection algorithms for Swift
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Commonly used sequence and collection algorithms for Swift
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| Oct 19 | 2020-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | 2020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | 2020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 2020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | 2020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | 2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | 2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Dec 21 | 2020-12-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-12-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Jan 11 | 2021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Jan 25 | 2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 1 | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 8 | 2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesThis is a quick little project I've spent the past few days working on. This page lets you study and observe the functions from Swift Algorithms[0] in real time.
The HTML/CSS was generated using HyperSwift[1] and the DOM control/manipulation is done with SwiftWASM[2].
That is to say, this is very close to being written 100% in Swift.
[0] https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms
[1] https://github.com/johngarrett/hyperSwift
[2] http://swiftwasm.org
In Show HN: Swift, WASM and AlgorithmsSwift, especially if you have a Mac. The numeric features are well thought out and generally work the way you'd expect. The same with syntax. Swift Playgrounds are a REPL with ability to visualize what your program is doing to build on intuition.
If you're keen on using higher level language features such as generics, you can make use of them easily. Otherwise they'll stay out of your way. In terms of progressive disclosure of complexity, it is the best language I've used. And I've used many.
There are also many[1][2][3][4][5] open source projects to peruse. Even if you're not on Mac, there is Linux and Windows support, though I don't have direct experience with them.
The language itself is now fairly stable with a fixed ABI, relatively fast, and is open source so you can modify it if that's something you're interested in down the road. D
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espite the commentary, it's not an Apple-only language, though when you're outside the Apple ecosystem things are more bottom-up and hence the experience can be inconsistent at times.
I credit Swift with revitalizing my own interest in mathematics. It made re-learning the stuff I'd forgot from college fun and interactive.
[1] https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics
[2] https://github.com/phlegmaticprogrammer/LANumerics
[3] https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms
[4] https://github.com/stsievert/swix
[5] https://github.com/AlexanderTar/LASwift