Swift is a new multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple for iOS and OS X development.
- Introduced at Apple's developer conference WWDC 2014 - Swift is designed to replace Objective-C - Swift is intended to be more resilient against erroneous code - Built with the LLVM compiler included in Xcode 6 beta - Uses the Objective-C runtime, allowing Objective-C, Objective-C++ and Swift code to run within a single program