Another point in addition to my long comment on karlkarl's nonsense is that when Apple changed MacApp from a nice language (that they developed in conjunction with a real language designer – Niklaus Wirth) Object Pascal to C++, MacApp descended into the C++ mess and mire.
They are wise to develop their own language in Swift. In fact, vendor languages seem to be very useful – they program the platform directly without descending to hardware level.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
