My favorite thing about Swift is that is seems to get out of the way - and when it gets in the way it&#x27;s usually with a nifty language feature (like the { $0 + $1 } closure syntax). I&#x27;m very excited for the future - between Go and Swift we now have two compiled fast languages that are almost as expressive as their slower dynamic&#x2F;interpreted cousins.<p>As an aside, I like that Apple is betting the farm on ARC. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when they were discussing ARC versus GC.