Is Swift 6 a good first language?

[taylorswift]

@ksluder

Swift’s top level code support was an explicit reaction to that ceremony. It seems like giving up to say beginners can’t use it.

i’d like to add that, while top-level code could be considered beginner-friendly, “beginners” are not the only people who might have a use for top-level code. i myself have at times felt frustrated that single-file Swift scripts with top-level code don’t just do the Right Thing by default.