Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI - Ladybird
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We're adopting Rust as our C++ successor language, and using AI agents to accelerate the transition.

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We’ve been searching for a memory-safe programming language to replace C++ in Ladybird for a while now. We previously explored Swift, but the C++ interop never quite got there, and platform support outside the Apple ecosystem was limited. Rust is a different story. The ecosystem is far more mature for systems programming, and many of our contributors already know the language. Going forward, we are rewriting parts of Ladybird in Rust.

  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    However, if we’re talking about the WebKit-based Linux browsers (such as Konqueror), IIRC, they’re a bit out of spec when it comes to the “modern Web”: WebKit’s adoption of latest specs tends to be slower than Firefox and Chromium.

    WebKit-GTK is up to date. 30 seconds of research in your favorite search engine and you would have found it out.