Re:What happened to Firefox Send?
by badsectoracula on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:15AM
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> Sciter doesn't even come close to a fraction of what Gecko or WebKit offers or does
It is close enough to show that a web engine can be made by a single person even if it doesn't fully adhere to the standards and its functionality is certainly not less than 1/49th of what you'd need to go there.
> The "JS-like engine" is an excellent example. It turns out, you need an actual JS engine to run real websites, not a "JS-like" engine.
Fabrice Bellard has written (among many other things) a full modern JavaScript interpreter, again showing you do not need a "dozen" people (like another commented mentioned) to make such an interpreter.
It is close enough to show that a web engine can be made by a single person even if it doesn't fully adhere to the standards and its functionality is certainly not less than 1/49th of what you'd need to go there.
> The "JS-like engine" is an excellent example. It turns out, you need an actual JS engine to run real websites, not a "JS-like" engine.
Fabrice Bellard has written (among many other things) a full modern JavaScript interpreter, again showing you do not need a "dozen" people (like another commented mentioned) to make such an interpreter.