The short version
Swift for bare-metal systems, praised for straightforward C/C++ interoperability.
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Swift for bare-metal systems, praised for straightforward C/C++ interoperability.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-10-09
Last seen:2026-10-09
Times seen:1
Website:swift.org
Why it caught our attention
A boot-firmware experiment supplies practical evidence beyond enthusiasm for the submitted kernel.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-10-09
“But beyond that I think the best feature is that the C/C++ interop works really well and comes out of the box. Makes two-way adoption easy. I wrote a small boot firmware for a simulator”
aseipp · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
A minimal kernel in Swift, running in QEMU