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macOS apps can now use @NSApplicationMain

Available from Swift 1.1

Paul Hudson      @twostraws

iOS apps have a @UIApplicationMain attribute that automatically generates a UIApplicationMain() func to bootstrap the app. This is now also available to macOS developers using @NSApplicationMain, and this attribute will automatically be added to Cocoa app delegates in all new projects.

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