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Apple will release the source code underlying its Swift programming language, a move that could broaden the user base for the new language.</p><p>
When Swift becomes open source later this year, programmers will be able to compile Swift programs to run on Linux as well as on OS X and iOS, said Craig Federighi, Apple’s head of software engineering, during the
opening keynote of Apple’s
Worldwide Developers Conference Monday in San Francisco.</p><p>
The source code will include the Swift compiler and standard library, and community contributions will be “accepted—and encouraged,” Apple
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As open source code, Apple's Swift language could take flight
