Re:How Stylo Brought Rust and Servo to Firefox
by Manishearth on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:47PM
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> Well, it's been in development for at least 7 years, without any product until the url parser appeared.
This is inaccurate, the URL parser never was and still isn't in a released Firefox.
The first Rust in a released firefox was the mp4 metadata code.
It's worth noting that in those 7 years Servo advanced a lot, which meant that the Stylo project didn't have to rewrite a style system, just take an existing one and polish it. (This is still a lot of work, but not as much)
Re:How Stylo Brought Rust and Servo to Firefox
by drb91 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:15PM
(#15801744)
Well, I'm certainly happy to admit my details are incorrect, but I think my broad point still stands—they look longer term than the typical commercial offering.
This is inaccurate, the URL parser never was and still isn't in a released Firefox.
The first Rust in a released firefox was the mp4 metadata code.
It's worth noting that in those 7 years Servo advanced a lot, which meant that the Stylo project didn't have to rewrite a style system, just take an existing one and polish it. (This is still a lot of work, but not as much)