LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Abandon Swift adoption (https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/commit/e87f889e31afbb5fa32c910603c7f5e781c97afd)

Back in August 2024 (https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/11/ladybird-set-to-adopt-swift/) the Ladybird browser project announced an intention to adopt Swift as their memory-safe language of choice.

As of this commit (https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/commit/e87f889e31afbb5fa32c910603c7f5e781c97afd) it looks like they’ve changed their mind:

Everywhere: Abandon Swift adoption

After making no progress on this for a very long time, let’s acknowledge it’s not going anywhere and remove it from the codebase.

Via Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067678)

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