DMD now does Dwarf style exception handling!

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 5 January 2016 at 15:40:40 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> "Swift on Linux does not depend on the Objective-C runtime nor 
> includes it"
>
> I'm guessing that Swift is compatible with Apple's Objective-C 
> runtime, which is not the same as the GNUStep Objective-C 
> runtime.

Thanks, that makes sense. I think ARC can be faster without the 
Objective-C dependency.

> On the other hand, I'm guessing it's possible to create a C 
> bridge as well.
>
> [1] https://swift.org/blog/swift-linux-port/

Yep. Linux is dominated by C so it makes perfect sense to focus 
on Swift + C and make it perform well.