Re:How I Wrote a Modern C++ Library in Rust
by shmerl on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:04PM
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Why is Mozilla trying to replace components of Firefox with Servo, rather than trying to complete Servo as a full and compliant engine? I.e. it looks like browser.html is not very usable, since Servo itself is quite behind in actual features support compared to Firefox.
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Re:How I Wrote a Modern C++ Library in Rust
by kiriakasis on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:25PM
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I would say that there are only downsides in going that way.
If you take on a full rewrite you lose a lot: you can't show that you are incrementally better, you cannot show that it will be a good long term investment, you must rewrite even well maintained core parts that works fine, you don't get to improve the original engine with the good parts and essentially you get nothing in return.
For a much better answer than mine: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...