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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 8, 2017

ILE Swift

Extend the suite of ILE languages to include Swift Support


Use Case:

Bridge the gap between the growing pool of swift developers with the IBM i platform.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Jun 5, 2020

    Unfortunately, there are no plans to deliver this any time within the next 18 months.

  • Guest
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    Apr 22, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Open Source, PASE
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Application Development
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

  • Guest
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    Jun 26, 2017

    There is an IBM open source movement on github which is actively working on a server port, my guess is at some point this once it matures on linux, it might move to AIX after which it could find a home under PASE or ILE.

    https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura

  • Guest
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    Jun 13, 2017

    Sorry Sean - I noticed the internet hiccups that caused that duplication. And then I noticed that I had NO way to edit/delete the comments that were inserted. This RFE system is not the most friendly.

    I thought about adding an apology right away, but figured I would just be making things worse.

    PS - I was the first to submit requirements to COMMON and an RFE here asking IBM to port the open source Swift release to IBMiOSS. My requests were rejected.

  • Guest
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    Jun 12, 2017

    HTH, *bg

    The three copies of the posted links below is far from any implementation of swift running natively on the IBM i platform. That project is nothing more than an Xcode project making XML http calls to the host.

    Sean Batson.

  • Guest
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    Jun 8, 2017

    I know of an Open Source on IBM i repo (swift-itoolkit) that may be of interest here:
    https://bitbucket.org/litmis/swift-itoolkit/src/11e69fe3453017b22025e1b4aab49901cbd75801?at=master

    HTH, *bg

  • Guest
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    Jun 8, 2017

    I know of an Open Source on IBM i repo (swift-itoolkit) that may be of interest here:
    https://bitbucket.org/litmis/swift-itoolkit/src/11e69fe3453017b22025e1b4aab49901cbd75801?at=master

    HTH, *bg

  • Guest
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    Jun 8, 2017

    I know of an Open Source on IBM i repo (swift-itoolkit) that may be of interest here:
    https://bitbucket.org/litmis/swift-itoolkit/src/11e69fe3453017b22025e1b4aab49901cbd75801?at=master

    HTH, *bg