Apple’s culture of secrecy wore down Swift creator & Xcode lead Chris Lattner, say friends [Update]

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Apple’s culture of secrecy wore down Swift creator & Xcode lead Chris Lattner, say friends [Update]

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<p>[UPDATE: Chris Lattner has tweeted his reaction to the BI piece, calling it “fabricated or speculating”.]</p>
<p>The surprise decision of Swift creator and long-time Xcode lead Chris Lattner <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/10/swift-chris-lattner-leaving-apple/" target="_blank">to leave Apple[/url] was in large part driven by his frustration with the culture of secrecy at the company, say developer friends.</p>
<p>Lattner, who was Apple’s head of developer tools and widely respected as the voice of developers within the company, left the company after more than a decade to <a href="https://electrek.co/2017/01/10/tesla-hires-chris-lattner-creator-of-swift-programming-language-apple-lead-autopilot-software/" target="_blank">lead Tesla’s Autopilot[/url] software efforts …</p>
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