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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by tracker1 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:10PM (#40812088)
I'm somewhat curious why they even chose Java over Rust or Zig, considering the spreadsheet data paths should be relatively straight forward even with a lot of clone() activity.
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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by michaelothomas on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:19PM (#40812209)
The calculation engine was written in Java before Rust or Zig were invented.
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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by tracker1 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:15PM (#40812767)
Gotcha, I made the mistaken assumption this was a rewrite.
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