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More or less the same happened with ObjC vs. Swift when it came out, I think.
I don't know, in my circles Swift was welcomed like a long-awaited friend. We loved ObjC, but none of the advantages ObjC has over Swift are relevant to app dev. Conversely, everybody recognized the beauty of most early Swift features, notably Optionals.