He is not leaving so he can focus on programming. He is going back to a senior management in his next position. His just announced his replacement , that is all.
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Swift and Xcode Head Chris Lattner Leaving Apple for Tesla This Month [Updated]
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He is not leaving so he can focus on programming. He is going back to a senior management in his next position. His just announced his replacement , that is all.
It's probably a personal decision. If you look at his resumé, his technical expertise is really in compilers but he also has great management credentials. Car automation isn't exactly the same as compilers, which is what he's doing now, so he's going outside of his comfort zone a bit.
Why? Well maybe he was forced out of Apple for some reason or deeply wanted to leave. I very much doubt that; he's been there for a long time, and could easily have found another job within the compiler space. The major projects he's started - LLVM, Clang and Swift - are all open-source and widely adopted. It's not unthinkable that he could have gone to a non-competitor like IBM, for instance, if getting out of Apple was all that mattered.
It's all just speculation, of course, but I'd bet the lure of cracking autonomous driving was too big to pass up. This technology is materialising from sketches and hitting the road extraordinarily quickly, and it's a huge challenge and opportunity. Maybe private life factored in to it, too - who knows?
He's done so much good for Apple's platforms; we're all really lucky to have had him. If you're old enough to remember what developing on the Mac was like before Swift, before ARC, before LLVM and Clang, you'll know what I mean.
One has to assume some readers of forum posts cannot understand underlying humor and criticism due to lack of their ability of abstract thinking.
All the super-smart people are leaving Apple. Apple's now going to "diversify" by hiring more idiots.
Thanks for everything Chris! LLVM and Swift truly revolutionized Mac ecosystem. You will be missed.
Thanks for everything Chris! LLVM and Swift truly revolutionized Mac ecosystem. You will be missed.
As far as I know, it's Android based, so mostly Java currently. Although there were all those rumours last year at Google.io that Google was considering making Swift a first class language for Android (Still got my fingers crossed for that).
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Breitbart is that way bro.
The fact that apple is now led by someone who is simply a number-crunching CEO.
Whereas Tesla is led by someone who can possibly change our daily-lives and conventions in many ways.
Who would you prefer to work with?
Whereas Tesla is led by someone who can possibly change our daily-lives and conventions in many ways.
Who would you prefer to work with?
Here is the official announcement from Tesla...
https://www.tesla.com/blog/welcome-chris-lattner
Now if Space X switched over to Swift that would really be something!
https://www.tesla.com/blog/welcome-chris-lattner
Now if Space X switched over to Swift that would really be something!
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Is Chris Lattner a victim of the development team merger? I don't know. But the way he left Apple, this easy, that may also be an indication that Apple has no future plans in the automative direction. At least not for Chris Lattner. Not in the same role he sees himself in the near future. To me a missed opportunity for Apple.
About his involvement wth OSS projects. I don't think that much will change. Once you start with it, then it becomes a part of you.
@Chris Lattner: Thank you for all your hard work at Apple.
About his involvement wth OSS projects. I don't think that much will change. Once you start with it, then it becomes a part of you.
@Chris Lattner: Thank you for all your hard work at Apple.
Yes, Apple scraped their car division a while ago and was rumored to make autopilot software but probably that's not the case anymore since one of their top employees left to work with Tesla on autopilot software.
I sincerely hope (and pray) this means the death of god-awful swift as well.
The most disasterous "kitchen-sink" unstructured language in modern times.
Apple could have done SO many things to improve obj-c. Instead they gave it to rainman to make something more clever than usable.
Goodbye Chris....
Dear GOD, please, goodbye swift
The most disasterous "kitchen-sink" unstructured language in modern times.
Apple could have done SO many things to improve obj-c. Instead they gave it to rainman to make something more clever than usable.
Goodbye Chris....
Dear GOD, please, goodbye swift
Apple is extremely slowly slipping back to its ways in the early 90s "Very poor"
Apple is making the best physical products in their existence (much of it evolutionary, but stiil the best.
The droning on about how wonderful swift is leads me to believe about 0.01% of all internet posers write commercial code that does much more than flappy birds.
"Look ma! A calculator!"
The "easier" you try and a happy friendly compiler the more impossible you make it to develop serious commercial level software.
Is swift about teaching inner city kids basic logic (which traditional education should teach them?) or trying to convince joe bob that he too has the brain power and wherewithal to write ERP integrated apps?
JavaScript works - it is for people who want to write script for websites. It does its job well. It functions happpily within the playspace of browsers.
Swift is not javascript. It pretends to be a happy face on mean and difficult coding paradigm involving complexities javascript cannot fathom.
This does not work
The droning on about how wonderful swift is leads me to believe about 0.01% of all internet posers write commercial code that does much more than flappy birds.
"Look ma! A calculator!"
The "easier" you try and a happy friendly compiler the more impossible you make it to develop serious commercial level software.
Is swift about teaching inner city kids basic logic (which traditional education should teach them?) or trying to convince joe bob that he too has the brain power and wherewithal to write ERP integrated apps?
JavaScript works - it is for people who want to write script for websites. It does its job well. It functions happpily within the playspace of browsers.
Swift is not javascript. It pretends to be a happy face on mean and difficult coding paradigm involving complexities javascript cannot fathom.
This does not work
I'm not sure, but he's going to be the VP so I wouldn't expect him to be down in the weeds writing code. Maybe they want to create a new platform to run their Autonomous Software and want him to lead it, idk...
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Unless you personally know him, I'm not sure you can make that statement. Maybe he had been at Apple long enough to see the change of the tide and jumped ship while he had a better opportunity with a better company.
I would qualify it less of a defection and more about finding a better job. We all do that, its not like he's married to Apple.
I agree that big brains need big jobs that are fulfilling. Stagnation is not satisfactory,
The brain drain under Tim Cook's tenure is the only impressive thing about Tim Cook's tenure. https://www.facebook.com/FireTimCook
I am glad he's young and smart enough to get out and keep earning. Nothing is guaranteed anymore with Apple.
If my ship was sinking I'd jump too.
on a serious note good luck to him... I like Tesla and what they're doing. Hopefully he brings some more inspiration.
on a serious note good luck to him... I like Tesla and what they're doing. Hopefully he brings some more inspiration.