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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by cat199 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:35AM (#18762964)
> good PhD dissertation project

why?

would not existing static analysis/dependency pruning take care of it if someone had the time?

I don't see what would be 'novel' here from a theoretical point of view..

still a good project possibly though

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by azhenley on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:51AM (#18763069)
That is the research of it, we don't know if existing techniques would work! And surely there are novel improvements that could be made, particularly for this specific application.

Also, I imagine there are many cases where static analysis would not be enough for the JS app.

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by barbecue_sauce on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:13PM (#18764043)
Sounds more like an undergrad thesis.
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