SWIFTlike

Swiftlike is a programming language and platform designed to deliver safe, high-performance software with an emphasis on readability and expressiveness. Introduced as an evolution of modern systems languages, it draws inspiration from Swift, Rust, and Kotlin to support both application and systems development.

Key design goals include memory safety without a traditional garbage collector, a strong static type system with optional types, and an ownership or borrowing model intended to prevent data races. The language supports value types and reference types, modular interfaces, and lightweight concurrency primitives to enable scalable, predictable performance.

Swiftlike emphasizes a concise, approachable syntax and powerful abstractions. It features type inference, pattern matching, and protocol-oriented design to enable flexible APIs and reusable components. Interoperability is provided through a foreign function interface, allowing calling into C libraries and exposing Swiftlike code to other runtimes. The standard library covers I/O, collections, networking, and asynchronous workflows, while a package manager handles dependencies and builds.

Tooling and ecosystem: a reference compiler, a read-eval-print loop, and integrated development environment support exist across major platforms. Core libraries are designed to be cross-platform, with ongoing work on compiler optimizations, error messages, and tooling to improve developer experience.

Reception and usage: Swiftlike has a small but active community and is used in experimental projects, research prototypes, and some niche production systems. Proponents cite safety guarantees and performance characteristics, while critics point to a developing ecosystem and maturer alternatives in adjacent language spaces.