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On 2024-07-06 16:45, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 23:17:58 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote:
> 
>>>> We're being told it's not Apple's job to find security holes in other
>>>> peoples dependencies so it's not their fault.
>>>
>>> You are desperately trying to blame Apple, because: troll.
>>>
>>
>> Didn't you just say this?
>>
>> "It's not Apple's job to police third-party package mangers."
> 
> Isn't Swift touted to be "safe by design" on Apple own corporate web pages?

CocoaPods isn't part of Swift.

> 
> https://developer.apple.com/swift/
> 
> "Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for all Apple
> platforms. It's easy to get started using Swift, with a
> concise-yet-expressive syntax and modern features you'll love. Swift code
> is safe by design and produces software that runs lightning fast."
> 
> "Designed for safety"
> 
> "Swift eliminates entire classes of unsafe code"
> 
> "Swift makes software safer and faster, while also making programming more
> fun."
> 
> "Another safety feature is that by default Swift objects can never be nil.
> This makes code much cleaner and safer"
> 
> "Swift syntax ensures you to safely deal with it using the ? syntax to
> indicate to the compiler you understand the behavior and will handle it
> safely."
> 
> "Swift is perfect for use in server apps that need runtime safety"
> 
> If researchers can find these holes, what is the reason Apple can't?
Read above.