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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by scotty79 on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:16AM (#31894882)
It's all super fuzzy. Let's say I want to build native app instead. I start Visual Studio, which doesn't feel faster than Electron, then I start new C# project which doesn't feel faster than Electron. But wait... C# is also not native code, it runs on some sort of VM so I should switch to C++ but it supposedly isn't much faster andbit uses same gui controls and libraries that C# does and it also doesn't feel any faster.

How to be so much better than Electron that it matters?

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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by vinyl7 on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:54PM (#31897308)
> I start Visual Studio, which doesn't feel faster than Electron

Well...Visual Studio is a part of the horribly written software collection.

Here's an example of actually good software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9eQth4Q5jg&t=2s

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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by scotty79 on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:08PM (#31900826)
Looks fast but that's just a debugger. Do you know such fast native ide that makes fast native programs?
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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by vinyl7 on Monday June 27, 2022 @09:25PM (#31903061)
There are no fast native IDEs, which is why I just use vim. Fast native programs is up to the programmer, not necessarily the tools.
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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by scotty79 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @05:00AM (#31905638)
I wonder why is that.
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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by jdthedisciple on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:44AM (#31895268)
C# can be easily compiled to native code. The JIT Compilation is just a convenience that ultimately helps with development. You don't have to use it in production.
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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by orphea on Monday June 27, 2022 @04:15PM (#31900171)
> C# is also not native code, it runs on some sort of VM

This is not true. .NET code is JIT-compiled into native code.

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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by scotty79 on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:04PM (#31900776)
I think code running on JVM is JIT-compiled too. But it's still a JVM.
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Re:Windows 95 in Electron by 2143 on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:12AM (#31895673)
Can experts weigh on the feasibility of Vala/Lua?
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