After needing to run small C and C++ snippets and missing Swift Playgrounds, I look at options for scratch coding on an iPad. A C Language app works via an online compiler but feels sluggish, and some paid apps advertised as offline compilation actually send code to a server. Free online compilers that support many languages, including C and Swift, turned out to be a handy alternative...
My reflections on a Lex Fridman interview with Chris Lattner, main author of Swift, touching on value versus reference types and how languages deliver their complexity — illustrated with a comparison of hello world in Swift versus C++. I come away convinced Swift plus Playgrounds is a good introduction to programming for kids, with more reservations about SwiftUI...
