Re:Ladybird: A new cross-platform browser project
by ly3xqhl8g9 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:13AM
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Hence the second sentence "[b]ut maybe you don't even need to build another Chromium." and then the second paragraph "cost-reducing" billions to millions day-dreaming of a specification-based pixel generator.
Of course, the n-th time is cheaper, easier, faster, case in point: I implemented 'deon', a notation format for structured data [1], using your amazing "Crafting Interpreters" for which I paid nothing since I was reading the web version as you were writing. Never had the chance to say thank you, somewhere in my drafts there is an email of appreciation: reading your book and applying it chapter by chapter, crafting a final, useful artifact, has been a beautiful experience, thank you very much, for all your writing, since I am a longtime reader of your technical and otherwise texts.
Re:Ladybird: A new cross-platform browser project
by munificent on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:02PM
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> Hence the second sentence "[b]ut maybe you don't even need to build another Chromium."
Sorry, yes. I didn't intent to disagree with your entire comment, but just remark on the first sentence of it.
I'm glad you enjoyed the book! :D
This is akin to saying that if you want visit the US from Europe you must built a wooden tall ship, secure a crew of sailors, pack several barrels of limes, and spend weeks sailing across the ocean.
That's how they got there the first time but the choices they made then were determined more by the information they had at the time (or lack thereof) and the technology they had (or lack thereof).
Re-implementing a browser, starting today, is a fundamentally different process from building one starting over a decade ago while the web was constantly evolving.