In a June 10 keynote presentation at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, Ted Kremenek, Apple director of languages and runtimes, argued that Swift is the best programming language to replace C++.
Swift was introduced by Apple in 2014 as the successor to Objective-C, and Kremenek believes it will overtake C++ as well. “Swift’s safety, speed, and approachability, combined with built-in C and C++ interoperability, mean Swift is the best choice to succeed C++,” Kremenek said.