I&#x27;d put Go at the top of the languages to compare it to. Maybe Java as well. The ecosystem still needs some time, but Swift&#x27;s potential on the server is excellent:<p>- It is incredibly fast compared to current interpreted languages (i. e. factor 30+ vs. Python, possibly faster than C)<p>- Linux &amp; OS X, open source<p>- Typed, safe<p>People like node.js mostly b&#x2F;c it allows some code to be written once and run on both the server as well as the client. Considering almost any Web API also has an IOS client, Swift has the same potential.