Hacker News: DenisChetwyndhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DenisChetwyndHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:13:23 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by DenisChetwynd in "Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter"]]>maybe so on the surface, but it remains quite massive underneath; these languages are fundamentally different and target entirely different use cases

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:26:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510143DenisChetwyndhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510143https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510143<![CDATA[New comment by DenisChetwynd in "Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter"]]>Graydon Hoare's impact on the language is marginal than that of Chris Lattner, the originator (also, Hoare joined the team much later)

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:15:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510059DenisChetwyndhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510059https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510059