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Miguel de Icaza: Swift Godot: Fixing the Multi-million dollar mistake #GodotCon2023

Godot Engine · 27.1K views · 2023-11-07 · 54:53

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Overview

Miguel de Icaza's GodotCon 2023 talk on Swift bindings for Godot. He argues that garbage-collector pauses in C# are a persistent problem and that Swift's reference counting avoids them.

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Frequently recommended for an experienced game-engine builder's view on why GC pauses are inevitable and why Swift's approach is appealing.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2023–2026

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Game programming & enginesCompilers, interpreters & program analysisPython, Ruby & scripting languages
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What people said

jlundberg · 2026-04 · Strong recommendation

Miguels work on Swift for Godot is really inspiring. Highly recommend this video for anyone looking for more context: [VIDEO]

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jlundberg · 2024-03 · Strong recommendation

Looking forward to trying this out! Another place Swift seem to be getting traction in is godot. Miguel De Icaza’s talk on the topic is highly recommended: [VIDEO]

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KolmogorovComp · 2026-07 · Recommendation

Ah it's from 2023, Miguel de Icaza : Swift Godot: Fixing the Multi-million dollar mistake: [VIDEO] Highly recommend.

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