<commit_before>---
layout: post
title: ! 'Issue #78'
author: jsq
sponsor:
    link: http://www2.bignerdranch.com/l/299472/2017-06-21/8rxl
    heading: Ramp up your skills &mdash; and your career
    body: Go from junior to senior developer in just a week, with the experts who have taught iOS from the very beginning.
    displaylink: bignerdranch.com
---

> TODO: intro comments

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{% include sponsor.html %}

### Starter tasks

> TODO

{% include task_remind.html %}

### Swift Unwrapped

> TODO: Latest episode of Swift Unwrapped

### News and community

> TODO

### Commits and pull requests

> TODO

### Accepted proposals

[SE-0180](https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0180-string-index-overhaul.md): *String Index Overhaul* was [accepted](https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170703/037942.html).

> The proposal is accepted. There was a lively discussion about it, but in the end everyone seems to agree that this is the right thing to do.
>
> As always, I'd like to thank you for your help in making Swift a better language.

### Mailing lists

<NAME> [sent an email](https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170710/037970.html) announcing a prototype JIT compiler for server-side Swift, created by a small group of developers from the IBM Runtimes compiler team:

> Last year a small group of developers from the IBM Runtimes compiler team
undertook a project to explore JIT compilation for Swift, primarily aimed
at server-side Swift. The compilation model we settled on was a hybrid
approach that combined static compilation via swiftc with dynamic
compilation via a prototype JIT compiler based on Eclipse OMR. [1]<commit_msg>[78] draft update. #288<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: ! 'Issue #78'
author: jsq
sponsor:
    link: http://www2.bignerdranch.com/l/299472/2017-06-21/8rxl
    heading: Ramp up your skills &mdash; and your career
    body: Go from junior to senior developer in just a week, with the experts who have taught iOS from the very beginning.
    displaylink: bignerdranch.com
---

> TODO: intro comments

<!--excerpt-->

{% include sponsor.html %}

### Starter tasks

> TODO

{% include task_remind.html %}

### Swift Unwrapped

In Episode 19: [WWDC Reactions](https://spec.fm/podcasts/swift-unwrapped), we share our thoughts on the announcements and events from the week. Better late than never! Listen to find out why we had to wait so long. 😄

### News and community

New betas of Xcode 9 and Swift 4, and all the plaform OSes are [now available](https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=07102017a).

### Commits and pull requests

> TODO

### Accepted proposals

[SE-0180](https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0180-string-index-overhaul.md): *String Index Overhaul* was [accepted](https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170703/037942.html).

> The proposal is accepted. There was a lively discussion about it, but in the end everyone seems to agree that this is the right thing to do.
>
> As always, I'd like to thank you for your help in making Swift a better language.

### Mailing lists

<NAME> [sent an email](https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170710/037970.html) announcing a prototype JIT compiler for server-side Swift, created by a small group of developers from the IBM Runtimes compiler team:

> Last year a small group of developers from the IBM Runtimes compiler team
undertook a project to explore JIT compilation for Swift, primarily aimed
at server-side Swift. The compilation model we settled on was a hybrid
approach that combined static compilation via swiftc with dynamic
compilation via a prototype JIT compiler based on Eclipse OMR. [1]
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