I know that swift is deprecated from keeping Silver in sync with new language features added to the Apple swift language.
But how about silver extensions to make sure that silver can be used in Elements, such as use swift in .Net?
Silver continues to be supported as a language in our latest compiler, and benefits from any and all non-language-based compiler enhancements over time, including e.g. full support for the .NET platform as it evolves.
The only thing we stopped doing is keeping up with latest Swift syntax changes and language features Apple is adding, as – frankly – many of them are obnoxious, and not all of them are really compatible with how Silver works on all its supported target platforms (especially .NET and Java, which often have runtime contraints orthogonal to Swift’s… vision of things, let’s say).
You could say, the goal is more to keep a language in the spirit of Swift 1-4 as part of the Elements toolchain, rather than ro mimic the monstrosity that 5/6 has become… :).
That said, we’re happy to entertain adopting new features if feasible, as well as adding new featyres needed for platform support (i’m not currently aware of any needs, in the latter regard). Your (and anyone’s) feedbacl on what you’d like to see happen here would be greatly appreciated.
—marc