Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAnnouncing the Ladybird Browser Initiativeladybird.orgexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkAnnouncing the Ladybird Browser Initiativeladybird.orgDiabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago C++ If they’re starting a browser from scratch, why would they not have chosen Rust? Seems very short sighted to not have learned from Firefox.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey used c++ initially since it was spawned from SerenityOS, which was designed to be a mashup of win2000 and unix. now that Ladybird is its own project, it’s not constrained to that goal, and they have said they will incorporate modern languages.
If they’re starting a browser from scratch, why would they not have chosen Rust? Seems very short sighted to not have learned from Firefox.
They used c++ initially since it was spawned from SerenityOS, which was designed to be a mashup of win2000 and unix.
now that Ladybird is its own project, it’s not constrained to that goal, and they have said they will incorporate modern languages.