Swift is coming, Swift is coming

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 07:40:13 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> I'm guessing the only reason why they will release a Linux port 
> is because OS X and Linux are fairly similar, making this 
> small(er) effort.

Maybe also because of NextStep/GNUStep etc being available on 
Linux. OS-X gets lots of sofware from the unix world (e.g. 
macports), so they are better off with a stronger Linux than a 
stronger Windows.